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FAMILIES

Wyoming Valley

Biographical, Genealogical, and Historical.

Sketches of the Bench and Bar

OF LUZERNE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

GEO. B. ^KULP,

historiographer of the WYOMING HISTORICAL AND GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

"There be of them that have left a name behind them, that their praises might be reported.

And some there be which have no memorial ; who are perished as though they had never been ;
and are become as though they had never been born ; and their children after them." — Ecclesiasticus
{Apocrypha) XLIV: 8-g.

IN THRKB VOLUMES.
VOL. III.

WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA.

1890.

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E. B. YOKDY, PRTNTER,

Wilkes-Barre, Pa. '

TO MY ESTEEMED FATHER-IN-LAW

JOHN STEWART,

AND HIS WIFE

ELIZABETH ANN WILLIAMS,

a grand-daughter of that hero of wyoming,

Sergeant Thomas Williams,

THIS volume is respectfully dedicated by

The Author.

PREFACE.

The volumes of which this is the third and last, are records of
the lives of the resident members of the Luzerne county bar, of its
law judges and the associate or lay judges who have sat upon the
Luzerne bench. In fact, they not only warrant, but in common
justice demand, the title that has been given them — "Families of
the Wyoming Valley." In collating faithfully the incidents of
moment in the careers of those who have practiced the profession
of the law in Luzerne county, and of the judges of its courts, and
in giving such attention as was possible and proper to the gene-
alogies in each case, the author has.of necessity, had to deal wi1;h
practically every family of note in the Wyoming valley, and has
brought into review almost every prominent fact in their history
and in the history of the valley itself. He has in this way been
enabled to cover many matters not heretofore reduced to print,
and to throw fresh light upon others many times and much dis-
cussed. He believes and contends, in brief, that no study of the
history of the valley can be esteemed to even approach complete-
ness that does not include a careful reading of these books, an
insistance that will be found to be fully justified by the merest
reference to the exhaustive analytical index appended to this
volume.

As to the gentlemen of the bar, reviewing the list from the
date of the organization of the Luzerne county courts, May 27,
1787, shows that from then on to the date of the last admission
herein recorded, there has been a total of four hundred and
eighty-seven members, of whom one hundred and sixty-five are
deceased, one hundred and sixty-three are non-residents and one
hundred and fifty-nine are still with us, a rather remarkably equal
division, by the way.

Of the ten president judges, eight are dead and two living. Of
the six additional law judges, one only is dead and five are living.
The only separate Orphans' Court judge we have had is still in
service. Of the thirty-five associate or lay judges, but two sur-
vive, thirty-three having been called to that Higher Court from

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whose decrees there is no appeal. The larger proportion of
deaths among these latter has no special significance, as might
at first glance appear to be the case, since it was generally the
fact that the men were already well advanced in years when chosen
to the position. The last associate judge for the county was
elected in 1871, the practice of having lay judges on the bench in
counties constituting separate judicial districts having ceased with
the passage of the first judicial apportionment under the new con-
stitution.

The total of judges and lawyers dead and living, resident and
non-resident, is five hundred and thirty-nine ; and as giving some
idea how busy death has been in the ranks of the number, it
may be stated that fifty have departed this life since the work of
compiling these volumes was begun in 1881.

Since compiling our list of lawyers at the end of this volume
two members of the bar have deceased — Caleb E. Wright, De-
cember 2, 1889, and William J. Hughes, December 30, 1889.
One attorney has been admitted — E. F. McHugh, November 23,
1889.

Nine Luzerne lawyers have abandoned the profession to take
places in the pulpit. Of these, four became Protestant Episcopal
ministers, one finally rising to the dignity of a bishopric, three
preached in the Methodist Episcopal church, one in the Presby-
terian and one in the Baptist. Popular prejudice will stand sur-
prised to learn that a calling, the practices of which are so per-
sistently ascribed to satanic influences, has contributed thus liber-
ally to the grand army marshalled for the overthrow of its alleged
patron.

To the armies of the country the Luzerne bar has given more
than her quota. She had two soldiers in the revolution, two in
the war of 1 812, and ten in the Mexican war. To the forces
whose energies won in the civil war of 1861-65, she contributed
five generals, three colonels, one lieutenant colonel, three majors,
twelve captains, ten lieutenants and twenty-three privates, while
three others served in the navy.

In high civic offices she has had one United States senator,
sixteen congressmen, two governors, two attorneys general, one
minister in the diplomatic service, four judges of the Supreme

Preface. vii

Court, two judges of United States Courts and eleven judges of
Common Pleas Courts in other counties or states, in addition to
ten law judges she has furnished our own bench.

While this volume also deals with a few of our lawyers whose
careers at the bar have, in effect, only just begun, it takes on a
special interest in the fact that its pages record :

First. An outline history of the Connecticut- Pennsylvania con-
troversy as to the possession of the territory of which what is
now Luzerne county, once formed a part, and of the final official
organization of the county and the leading details thereof, as also
a complete list of the officials during the years that it remained
under the jurisdiction of Connecticut as the town of Westmore-
land, in the county of Litchfield, and afterwards as Westmoreland
county, of that state.

Second. Biographical sketches, so far as they were obtainable,
of the deceased justices and judges of the courts who were not
members of the Luzerne bar previous to their becoming justices
or judges, or if members, were not treated in the first or second
volumes in the order of their admission to practice ; of deceased
associate judges or judges unlearned in the law, and of deceased
lawyers. In this category are many notable men, among them
Burnside, Bidlack, Catlin, Collins, Conyngham, Gibson, Griffin,
Jessup, Jones, Ketcham, Mallery, Wilmot, Woodward, Wright and
others, whose names and deeds became widely known and whose
characters and abilities exerted marked influence upon the affairs
amid which they lived, and who are still remembered and revered.

Third. A carefully compiled series of pages, twelve in all, cov-
ering additions to, and alterations and corrections of the several
biographies in the three volumes, rendered necessary, either by
events occuring subsequently to the original writings, or mistakes
discovered or further information secured after they were put to
press.

Fourth. A list of deceased president judges, additional law
judges, associate judges, non-resident members of the bar, living
judges and resident lawyers of Luzerne county, with the place
and date of birth, date of admission or commission, the date of
death of those deceased and the present location of those non-
resident. This detailed information is given in all save a compar-

viii Preface.

atively few instances, where the most careful search and diligent
inquiry failed to secure it.

Fifth. An analytical index to the entire three volumes of all
the names mentioned in each of the biographies and all the
notable facts and incidents therein recorded. Much labor and
pains were expended in preparing this latter compilation and its
usefulness for reference purposes will be apparent at a glance.

The biographer feels that the volume thus constituted brings
the accomplishment of his purpose to a state as near complete-
ness as, with the materials at hand, was possible of attainment.
The three books represent the fruits of many months' of hard
work, including a correspondence that has reached to every cor-
ner of the country and even into foreign countries; a tedious and
sometimes exasperating scrutiny of musty records, and persistent
application to and patient waiting upon many men who, while
being the only attainable sources of necessary information, were,
from pressure of their own personal matters, indifference to this
one or other cause, vexatiously slow in coming to the responsive
mood. To many of these, however, he is under great obligations,
since but for their aid, no matter how tardily accorded, much
interesting and important data now set down in these fourteen
hundred pages could not have been secured. But wearisome as
the task has sometimes been, and slender as must be the money
reward for the time and labor bestowed, there has been no small
satisfaction in the doing of it, and there is more in the reflection
that it is now finished. The pride of authorship is something.
Much as most of those who write books may affect to be above
that sort of pride, it may safely be set down as the principal im-
pelling force in a majority of cases, and unfortunately, in a very
larger number, it is about the only recompense. There is reward,
also, of no mean proportion in the knowledge that a duty when
once undertaken has been performed with righteous earnestness
and to the exhaustion of every source from which assistance
could be secured. But in this instance, that upon which the
writer chiefly congratulates himself is the fact that he knows he
has saved and set down in fair order many facts and circumstances
essential to a proper rounding out of the recorded history of -a
famous valley and a great county that, save for his efforts, might

Preface. ix

forever have been lost, and that he has paid merited though often
feebly worded tribute to many good men whose deserving might
not otherwise have been properly made known to the generations
that are to come. To some extent these books must have a
value as part of the general history of the state and country. To
the descendants and friends of those whose lives are sketched in
them, they should, and in most cases probably will be, regarded
as possessing a special value. If time shall even measurably
justify these beliefs and expectations, the biographer will feel that
he has been amply compensated.

In glancing over the pages of the three volumes we discover
a few serious typographical and grammatical errors. We hope
our readers will kindly overlook them.

For valuable assistance rendered in connection with our labors,
we are indebted to Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden (who wrote the
sketches under the head of Charles Miner Conyngham, William
LaFayette Raeder and Paul Ross Weitzell), Sheldon Reynolds,
Hon. Steuben Jenkins, C. Ben Johnson, W. H. Egle, M. D.,
Eugene T. Giering and Harry R. Deitrick.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa., February, 1890.

FAMILIES

OF THE

WYOMING VALLEY.

By an Act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania passed September 25, 1786, the county of Luzerne
was formed, and embraced the greater portion of the lands settled
by the New England emigrants. Prior to that time it was a por-
tion of Northumberland county, Pa. While under the jurisdic-
tion of Connecticut it was a portion of the town of Westmoreland,
attached to the county of Litchfield, Conn., subsequently the
county of Westmoreland, Conn. As claimed by Connecticut,
Westmoreland was sixty by one hundred and twenty miles
square, embracing over seven thousand square miles. This ter-
ritory included the principal parts of the counties of Bradford,
Clearfield, Columbia, Elk, Lackawanna, Luzerne, McKean, Mon-
tour and Wyoming; smaller portions of Centre, Northumberland,
Susquehanna and Union, and the whole of Cameron, Lycoming,
Potter, Sullivan and Tioga. It has a present population of one
million souls. This is a goodly domain, and would have made
a state larger in area and with a greater population than the
present state of Connecticut. Three companies of troops were
raised here for the continental establishment, and were part of the
Twenty-fourth Regiment of the Connecticut line. This territory
was claimed by both the states of Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
The governor of Connecticut issued his proclamation forbidding
any settlement in Westmoreland except under authority from
Connecticut. About the same time the governor of Pennsylvania
issued his proclamation, prohibiting all persons from settling on
the disputed lands except under the authority of the proprietaries.'
In 1774 Zebulon Butler and Nathan Denison were commissioned
under Connecticut as justices of the peace of the county of Litch-

1040 County of Luzerne.

field, with authority to organize the town. In March, 1774, the
whole people of Westmoreland, being legally warned, met and
organized the town, and chose selectmen, a treasurer, constables,
collector of taxes, surveyor of highways, fence viewers, listers,
leather sealers, grand jurors, tything men, sealer of weights and
measures and key keepers. Eight town meetings were held in
the year 1774. The conflict in title gave rise to numerous con-
tests, in many instances leading to fatal results, and is known in
history as the Pennamite and Yankee war. Promptly on the
appearance of peace, after the surrender of Cornwallis at York-
town, Pennsylvania, by petition of her president and executive
council, prayed congress to appoint commissioners "to constitute
a court for hearing and determining the matter in question agree-
ably to the ninth article of the confederation." Commissioners
were appointed and met at Trenton, N. J., November 19, 1782.
On December 30, 1782, they pronounced the following judgment:
"We are unanimously of opinion that the state of Connecticut
has no right to the land in controversy. We are also unani-
mously of opinion that the jurisdiction and preemption of all the
territory lying within the charter boundary of Pennsylvania and
now claimed by the state of Connecticut do of right belong to
the state of Pennsylvania." The Trenton decree settled the legal
right as to the jurisdiction of Pennsylvania. Clear, comprehen-
sive and explicit, Pennsylvania was satisfied, and Connecticut
submitted without breathing a sigh for the loss of so noble a
domain, the right to which she had so strenuously maintained,
or a murmur at a decision which seemed to the surrounding
world so extraordinary. With the close of the year 1782, and
the Trenton decree, the jurisdiction of Connecticut ceased, and
the cheerful and salutary town meetings were no longer holden.
While Luzerne county, or more properly Westmoreland, was
under the jurisdiction of Connecticut, she sent the following per-
sons as representatives to the Connecticut legislature, which met
at Hartford and New Haven :

1774. Zebulon Butler, Timothy Smith, Christopher Avery,
John Jenkins.

1775. Captain Zebulon Butler, Joseph Sluman, Major Ezekial
Pierce,

County of Luzerne. 1041

1776. John Jenkins, Captain Solomon Strong, Colonel Zebu-
Ion Butler, Colonel Nathan Denison.

1777. John Jenkins, Isaac Tripp.

1778. Nathan Denison, Anderson Dana, Lieutenant Asahel
Buck.

1779. Nathan Denison, Deacon John Hurlbut.

1780. John Hurlbut, Jonathan Fitch, Nathan Denison.

1 78 1. John Hurlbut, Jonathan Fitch, Obadiah Gore, Captain
John Franklin.

1782. Obadiah Gore, Jonathan Fitch.

From 1772 to 1775 the following persons were justices of the
peace of Litchfield county : John Smith, Thomas Moffitt, Isaac
Baldwin, John Jenkins, Zebulon Butler, Nathan Denison, Silas
Parks, Bushnall Bostick, Joseph Sluman, Increase Moseley, John
Sherman, Uriah Chapman. Joseph Sluman and John Sherman
were judges of probate, as was Nathan Denison, of Westmore-
land county.

In 1776 Jonathan Fitch was commissioned sheriff of Westmore-
land county. The same year John Jenkins was appointed judge
of the county court in and for the county of Westmoreland. On
June I, 1778, Governor Jonathan Trumbull appointed the follow-
ing named persons justices of the peace for the county of West-
moreland : Nathan Denison, Christopher Avery, Obadiah Gore,
Zera Beach, Zebulon Butler, William McKarrican, Asaph Whitt-
lesey, Uriah Chapman, Anderson Dana, Ebenezer Marcy, Stephen
Harding, John Franklin, 2d, Joseph Hambleton, and William
Judd. Of the foregoing, Nathan Denison, Christopher Avery,
Obadiah Gore and Zera Beach were appointed to assist the judges
of Westmoreland. Other justices of the peace were appointed as
follows : Caleb Bates, Zebulon Marcy, John Hurlbut, Nathaniel
Landon, Abel Pierce, Hugh Fordsman, John Franklin, John Vin-
cent, John Jenkins. In 1781 Nathan Denison was judge of West-
moreland county. The above contains the names of the officers of
Litchfield and Westmoreland counties. There were probably
others, but we are unable to ascertain who they were. The only

lawyers in Westmoreland were Anderson Dana and Bullock.

As they were both killed in the battle and massacre of Wyoming,
^Lieutenant John Jenkins was appointed by the court state's at-

1042 County of Luzerne.

torney. The fourth section of the act incorporating Luzerne
county provided: "That Courts of Common Pleas and General
Quarter Sessions of the Peace to be holden in and for the said
county of Luzerne shall be opened, and held on the Tuesday suc-
ceeding the Tuesday on which the court of Northumberland is
held in each and every term hereafter ; and that the Court of
Quarter Sessions shall sit three days at each sessions and no
longer, and shall be held at the house of Zebulon Butler, in the
town of Wilkesburg, in the said county of Luzerne, until a court
house shall be built, as hereafter directed, in the said county,
which said courts shall then be holden and kept at the said court
house on the days and times before mentioned." Section ninth
of said act provided "That Zebulon Butler, Nathaniel Landen,
Jonah Rogers, John Philips and Simon Spawlding are hereby ap-
pointed trustees for the said county of Luzerne, and they, or any
three of them, shall take assurances of and for a piece of land
situated in some convenient place in or near Wilkesburg, within
the said county of Luzerne, for the seat of a court house and of
a county gaol or prison for the said county, in the name of the
commonwealth, in trust and for the use and benefit of the said
county of Luzerne, and thereupon to erect a court house and
prison sufficient to accommodate the public service of the said
county. On May 27, 1787, William Hooker Smith, Benjamin
Carpenter and James Nesbitt, Esqs., justices of the county Court
of Common Pleas for Luzerne county, convened at the dwellino-
house of Zebulon Butler, in Wilkes-Barre (corner of River and
Northampton streets, on the site of the residence of Hon. Stanley
Woodward), in the said county, when and where the following
proceedings were had :

Proclamation having been made by the sheriff of said county
commanding all persons to keep silence, there were read :

I. The commissions issued by the supreme executive council
of Pennsylvania to the said William Hooker Smith, Benjamin
Carpenter and James Nesbit, and also to Timothy Pickering,
Obadiah Gore, Nathan Kingsley and Matthias Hollenback, con-
stituting them justices of the county Court of Common Pleas for
the said county.

n. The dedimus potestatitm to Timothy Pickering and Na- '

County of Luzerne. 1043

than Denison, Esqs., issued by the supreme executive council,
empowering them to administer the oaths to persons who were
or should be commissioned in said county.

III. Then William Hooker Smith, Benjamin Carpenter and
James Nesbit, Esqs., took the oaths of allegiance and of office,
and justices of the peace and of the county Court of Common
Pleas for said county (as required by the constitution of Pennsyl-
vania), before Timothy Pickering, Esq., impowered as aforesaid
to administer them.

IV. The Court of Common Pleas was then opened and Joseph
Sprague appointed crier.

V. Then were read the other commissions granted to Timothy
Pickering, Esq., by the supreme executive council, constituting
him prothonotary of said Court of Common Pleas, clerk of the
peace, clerk of the Orphans' Court, register for the probate of wills
and granting letters of administration, and recorder of deeds for
said county.

VI. The court, upon application to them, made, admitted and
appointed Ebenezer Bowman, Putnam Catlin, Rosewell Welles and
William Nichols (the latter being a non-resident) to be attorneys
of the same court, who were accordingly sworn.

VII. Then appeared Lord Butler, Esq., sheriff of the same
county, and petitioned the court to take some order relative to
the erection of a jail within the said county, whereupon it is or-
dered that he immediately apply to the trustees for that purpose
appointed, and request them to execute the powers granted them
by the law of the state so far as respects the erection of a county
jail.

The next regular term of court was held September 5, 1787,
and was presided over by Justices Obadiah Gore, Matthias Hol-
lenback, William Hooker Smith, Benjamin Carpenter, James Nes-
bit and Nathan Kingsley. Courts were continued to be held by
the justices until the changes wrought by the constitution of 1790
and subsequent legislation.

1044 Timothy Pickering.

TIMOTHY PICKERING.

Timothy Pickering, who was appointed a justice of the Court
of Common Pleas of Luzerne county, Pa., October 12, 1786, was
the great-great-grandson of John Pickering, who came from
England and settled in Salem, Mass., in 1642. Timothy Pick-
ering was born in Salem July 17, 1745. He was graduated at
Harvard College in 1763, and soon afterward became a clerk to
John Higginson, register of deeds for the county of Essex, Mass.
In 1768 he was admitted to the bar. From 1770 to 1777 he
served at different times in most of the municipal offices in Salem,
and on the committees of correspondence, inspection and safety.
In August, 1774, he, with other members of the committee of
correspondence, was arrested at the instance of Governor Gage
for calling a town meeting on public grievances, but in Septem-
ber the magistrate who had issued the warrant for the arrest re-
called it, being alarmed by the unpopularity of his act. In 1775
Mr. Pickering was appointed one of the judges of the Court of
Common Pleas for the county of Essex, and sole judge of the
prize court for the middle district, composed of Suffolk, Essex
and Middlesex. In the autumn of 1776, the army under Gen-
eral Washington being greatly reduced in numbers, a large re-
enforcement of militia was called for and Mr. Pickering, who
then held a commission as colonel, took the command of the
regiment of seven hundred men, furnished from the county of
Essex. On this tour of duty, which terminated in March, 1777,
at Boundbrook, N. J., he had interviews with General Washing-
ton, and in May he was invited by him to take the office of ad-
jutant general, which he at first declined, but afterward accepted.
In this capacity he was with Washington in the battles of Brandy-
wine and Germantown. In November congress elected him a
member of the continental board of war, in which office he served
until August 5, 1780, when congress by a unanimous vote elected
him quartermaster-general as successor to General Greene. He
continued in this station until July 25, 1785, when the office was
abolished. He was present during the siege of Yorktown in

Timothy Pickering. 1045

1781, and at the surrender of Cornwallis. On the return of
peace he engaged in business in Philadelphia as a commission
merchant. In 1786, having been invited to assist in composing
the controversy between the state of Pennsylvania and certain
emigrants from Connecticut, who had settled an extensive tract
of land in the valley of Wyoming, .and at the same time to or-
ganize the new county of Luzerne, embracing a great part of
the territory in dispute, he removed to Wilkes-Barre with the
understanding that he was authorized to give assurances that the
legislature would quiet in their possessions a certain class of the
Connecticut settlers. An act was passed accordingly, and his
efforts as a peacemaker promised a successful result, but the leg-
islature proved inconstant, and by first suspending and then re-
pealing the act, increased the acrimony and strength of the dis-
contented settlers. Their leader, John Franklin, having been ar-
rested for high treason, some of his adherents, with the hope of
obtaining his release, retaliated on Colonel Pickering on .June 26,
1788, by entering his house at night and carrying him into the
woods, where they detained him for nineteen days. On October
12, 1786, he was appointed prothonotary, clerk of the Orphans'
Court, Quarter Sessions and Oyer and Terminer, register of wills
and recorder of deeds of Luzerne county, and on May 24, 1787,
one of the commissioners to examine the Connecticut claims.
In 1787 he was the delegate from Luzerne county to the Penn-
sylvania convention for acting upon the proposed constitution of
the United States, and was earnestly in favor of its adoption. In
1789 he was the delegate from this county to the convention for
revising the constitution of Pennsylvania. Under appointments
from President Washington he made satisfactory treaties with
the Six nations collectively, and with some of them severally, in
1790, '91 and '94, and in 1793 he was joined with General Lin-
coln and Beverly Randolph in a commission to negotiate with
the hostile Indians north-west of the Ohio, but the manoeuvres of
Simcoe, governor of Canada, prevented a meeting with those tribes.
In 1792 he returned with his family to Philadelphia, having in
August of the preceding year been appointed postmaster-general.
On January 2, 179S, he was transferred to the office of secretary
of war, and on December 12 to that of secretary of state. This

1046 Matthias Hollenback.

position he held during the remainder of Washington's adminis-
tration, and for more than three years under President Adams,
who removed him from office May 12, 1800. He now retired
to his wild lands in Harmony township, Luzerne (now Susque-
hanna) county, with the intention of bringing a portion of them
into cultivation, but his friends in Massachusetts joined in the
purchase of a large proportion of his lands in order to enable
and induce him to return to his native state. In 1801 here-
moved to Massachusetts and subsequently purchased a farm in
Wenham, near Salem. In 1802 he was appointed chief justice
of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Essex. In 1 803
he was elected a senator in congress for the residue of the term
of D wight Foster, who had resigned, and in 1805 he was re-
elected for the term of six years. After the commencement of
hostilities against Great Brittain in 1812, he was appointed a
member of the Massachusetts board of war. From 181 3 to 18 17
he was a member of the United States house of representatives.
In pohtics he was a federalist, and ardently opposed to some of
the leading measures of the administrations of Jefferson and
Madison. In religion he was a Unitarian. He married, April
8, 1776, Rebecca White, who was born in Bristol, England, July
18, 1754. For the main facts connected with the hfe of Colonel
Pickering we are indebted to Appleton's American Cyclopedia.
Colonel Pickering died in Salem January 29, 1829.

MATTHIAS HOLLENBACK.

Matthias Hollenback was appointed a justice of the Court of
Common Pleas of Luzerne county, Pa., May 1 1, 1787. He was
also appointed, August 17, 1791, one of the judges of the Court
of Common Pleas under the constitution of 1790. For a sketch
of his life see article headed Harrison Wright,

Obadiah Gore. 1047

WILLIAM HOOKER SMITH.

William Hooker Smith was appointed a justice of the Court of
Common Pleas of Luzerne county, Pa, May 11, 1787. (See
page 219).

BENJAMIN CARPENTER.

Benjamin Carpenter was appointed a justice of the Court of
Common Pleas of Luzerne county, Pa., May 11, 1787. He rep-
resented Luzerne county in the legislature of the state in 1794.
One of his daughters became the first wife of Jacob Bedford, and
another was the wife of Lazarus Denison. He came to Wyom-
ing from Orange county, N. Y., and subsequently removed to
Sunbury, Delaware county, Ohio, where he became an asso-
ciate judge.

JAMES NESBITT.

James Nesbitt was appointed a justice of the Court of Com-
mon Pleas of Luzerne county, Pa., May 1 1, 1787. For a .sketch
of his life see page 507.

OBADIAH GORE.

Obadiah Gore was appointed a justice of the Court of Common
Pleas of Luzerne county. Pa., May 11, 1787. He was also ap-
pointed, August 17, 1791, one of the judges of the Court of Com-
mon Pleas under the constitution of 1790. For a sketch of his
life see page 435.

1048 Nathan Kingsley.

NATHAN KINGSLEY.

Nathan Kingsley, who was appointed oneof the justices of the
Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne county, Pa., May 11, 1787,
was the oldest son of Salmon Kingsley. He was born in Scot-
land, Windham county, Conn., January 23, 1743. He came to
Wyoming about 1772 or 1773, and was one of the original pro-
prietors of Springfield, Luzerne (now Bradford) county. Pa. On
August 8, 1776, he was appointed one of the committee of in-
spection of the county of Westmoreland. About the latter part
of the year 1777 he was captured by the Indians and remained
a prisoner nearly a year. While in captivity he secured the friend-
ship and confidence of the Indians by his skill in doctoring their
horses. He was in consequence allowed considerable Hberty, and
permitted to go into the woods to gather herbs and roots for his
medicines. Seizing a favorable opportunity he made his escape
and reached Wyoming in safety. During his captivity his family
found a home with Jonathan Slocum, of Wilkes-Barre. Here
his son, Nathan, was killed and another son carried into capti-
vity by the Indians. Mr. Miner gives the account as follows :
" A respectable neighbor, Nathan Kingsley, had been made pris-
oner, and taken into the Indian country, leaving his wife and two
sons to the charity of the neighbors. Taking them home, Mr.
Slocum bade them welcome until Mr. Kingsley should be liber-
ated or some other mode of subsistence present. On November
2, 1778, the two boys being engaged in grinding a knife, a rifle
shot and cry of distress brought Mrs. Slocum to the door, where
she beheld an Indian scalping Nathan, the eldest lad, with the
knife he had been sharpening. Waving her back with his hand
he entered the house and took up Ebenezer Slocum, a little boy.
The mother stepped up to the savage, and reaching for the child,
said : ' He can do you no good ; see, he is lame.' " As a matter
of fact, Ebenezer Slocum may have been lame at that time, but
never afterwards. He settled in what is now Scranton, and from
him and his brother, Benjamin Slocum, the place took its name

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of Slocum Hollow. "With a grim smile the Indian gave up the
boy and took Francis, her daughter, aged about five years, gently
in his arms, and seizing the younger Kingsley by the hand, hur-
ried away to the mountains, two savages who were with him
taking a black girl, seventeen years old. This was within one
hundred rods of Wilkes-Barre fort. An alarm was instantly
given, but the Indians eluded pursuit and no trace of their re-
treat could be found." (See page 340). At the close of the war
Mr. Kingsley returned to his old home in Wyalusing. His wife
and one son, Wareham, had survived the perils of the war, and
now he enjoyed a few years of quiet and comfort. He resigned
his justiceship in a letter dated January 14, T790, addressed to
the president of the supreme executive council, as follows :

" Nathan Kingsley, of the county of Luzerne, commissioned
one of the judges of the Court of Quarter Sessions and Common
Pleas, for the county aforesaid, finding it impracticable many times
by reason of high water to attend courts and living sixty miles
from the county town, joined to the smallness of the fees allowed
him in this behalf, is obliged, from necessity, to inform council
that he cannot, in future, serve in his aforementioned capacity.
Were his abode nearer than what it is at present to the county
town, he would not think of resigning his office, but would con-
tinue in it with pleasure and satisfaction. The fall and spring
sessions happen at a time when the waters are high, and of con-
sequence, make his travelling not only expensive but very diffi-
cult and dangerous. The time of attending, coming to and re-
turning from courts takes up so considerable a part of the sea-
sons of summer and fall that he is obliged to neglect his agri-
cultural pursuits to the singular injury of this interest. From
these considerations he desires council to accept his resignation
and take such other order in directing the choice of another
judge in his district as to them shall seem meet."

Nathan Kingsley.

His resignation was accepted February i, 1790. Mr. Kings-
ley is described as a large, tall man, of more than ordinary in-
telligence, deeply interested in the prosperity of the community
and the development of the country. He died in the state of
Ohio in 1822. Prof. James L. Kingsley, of Yale College, was
his nephew.

1050 Ebenezer Bowman.

ROSEWELL WELLES.

Rosewell Welles, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county, Pa., May 27, 1787, was the son of Captain Jonathan
Welles, of Glastonbury, Conn., who was of the fifth generation
from Governor Thomas Welles, of Connecticut. The wife of
Captain Jonathan Welles was Catharine, daughter of Captain
Roswell Saltonstall, of Bradford, Conn., the eldest son of Gov-
ernor Saltonstall, of Connecticut. Rosewell Welles was born at
Glastonbury, August 20, 1761. It is said that he graduated from
Yale College in 1784. He emigrated to Wilkes-Barre in 1786.
On April 26, 1793, he was appointed one of the judges of Luzerne
county. About 1800 he commanded a regiment of Pennsylvania
militia. From 1807 to 18 10 he was one of the trustees of the
Wilkes-Barre Academy. On December 14, 1820, he was ap-
pointed' by Governor Findlay a justice of the peace for the
borough and township of Wilkes-Barre, and part of the town-
ship of Covington. His wife was Hannah, eldest daughter of
Colonel Zebulon Butler. Mr. Welles died in Wilkes-Barre March
19, 1830. For further facts concerning the history and ancestry
of Rosewell Welles see pages 1 19 and 660.

EBENEZER BOWMAN.

Ebenezer Bowman is the first name on the list of lawyers ad-
mitted at the first session of the courts of Luzerne county. Pa.,
May 27, 1787. He was a descendant of Nathaniel Bowman, who
is on the earliest list of proprietors (February, 1636-7) "then in-
habiting" Watertown, Massachusetts. He moved from there to
Cambridge Farms, Lexington, where he died January 26, 1681.
Francis Bowman, son of Ebenezer Bowman, was admitted a free-
man in 1652, and on September 26, 1661, married Martha Sher-
man, a daughter of Captain John Sherman, who was born in
Dedham, county of Essex, England, in 1613, came to America

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in 1634, admitted freeman May 17, 1637, a land surveyor, se-
lectman very many times from 1637 to 1680, town clerk 1648,
and afterwards representative 165 1, 1653, 1663. He was chosen
ensign 1654, and was steward of Harvard College 1662. Captain
Joseph Bowman, son of Francis Bowman, was a justice of the
peace of Lexington. He died April 8, 1762, aged eighty-eight
years. Captain Thaddeus Bowman, son of Captain Joseph Bow-
man, was born September 2, 1712, at Lexington. He married,
February 8, 1753, his second wife, Sybil Woolson, then of Lex-
ington, widow of Isaac Woolson, of Weston. Her maiden name
was Rooper, and it is probable that she was a daughter of
Ephraim and Sybil Rooper, or Roper, of Sudbury. He died in
New Braintree May 26, 1806. Ebenezer Bowman, tenth child of
Captain Thaddeus Bowman, was born July 3, 1757. He gradu-
ated at Harvard College in 1782. He v/as in the battles of Lex-
ington and Bunker Hill. He studied law with Samuel Sitgreaves,
at Easton, Pa., and settled in Wilkes-Barre about 1789. He mar-
ried, in New York, November 10, 1796, Esther Ann Watson, who
was born in Ireland. He died March i, 1829, and his widow
died July 21, 1848. Ebenezer Bowman was one of the trustees
of the Wilkes-Barre Academy from 1807 until his death, and for
five years was president of the board. He represented Luzerne
county in the legislature of the state in 1793.

PUTNAM CATLIN.

Putnam Catlin, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county.
Pa., May 27, 1787, was a descendant of Thomas Catlin, a native
of Wales, who was a resident of Hartford, Conn., as early as
1644. He had a son John Catlin, who had a son Samuel Catlin,
who had a son John Catlin. Eli Catlin, son of John Catlin, was
the father of Putnam Catlin. Eli Catlin enlisted in the revolu-
tionary war as lieutenant in the Second Connecticut Regiment
in January, 1777, coming out as captain. Captain Catlin came
to Pennsylvania from Connecticut probably in 1789. He died at

1052 Abraham Bradley.

Hopbottom, Susquehanna county, Pa., March 13, 1820. His
wife, Elizabeth Catlin {nee Way), mother of Putnam Catlin, died
April 4, 1796, and is buried at Litchfield, Conn. Putnam Catlin
was born at Litchfield April 5, 1764. At the time his father,
Eli Catlin, entered the service of the colonies, Putnam Catlin en-
listed with him in the same company and regiment. He served
until June 9, 1783. He was fife major of his regiment, and re-
ceived a " badge of merit." He read law with Uriah Tracy, at
Litchfield, in the years from 1783 to 1786, and was admitted to
the bar the latter year. He removed to Pennsylvania in the
spring of 1787, settling in Wilkes-Barre, and in 1789 he married
Polly Sutton, daughter of James and Sarah Sutton. (See page
213.) In consequence of failing health, a result of arduous ser-
vices at the bar, Mr. Catlin removed with his family from Wilkes-
Barre, in 1797, to a farm in Ona-qua-gua valley, now Windsor,
Broome county, N. Y., about fifty miles from this city. Here he
lived until 1808, when he sold his farm and bought one at Hop-
bottom. In 1 81 3 the Hopbottom post office was established,
with Putnam Catlin as postmaster. Here he remained until 1818,
when he removed to Montrose, Pa. After residing until 1821 at
Montrose, he removed to a farm at Great Bend, Pa., where he
died in 1842. Mrs. Catlin died at Delta, Oneida county, N. Y.,
July IS, 18^4.

ABRAHAM BRADLEY.

Abraham Bradley, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county. Pa., September 2, 1788, was a descendent of Stephen
Bradley, who emigrated from England about 1660, and settled in
Guilford, Conn., where he died, June 20, 1702, aged about sixty
years. Abraham Bradley, son of Stephen Bradley, was born in
Guilford May 13, 1675, and died April 20, 1721. His wife was
Jane Learning. Abraham Bradley, son of Abraham Bradley,
was born July 26, 1702, graduated at Yale College, and died in
1 77 1. His wife was Reliance Stone. Abraham Bradley, son of

Abraham Bradley. 1053

Abraham Bradley, was born in Guilford December 11, 1731. In
1763 he married Hannah Baldwin, of Litchfield, Conn., where
he settled and resided for upwards of thirty years. In 1796 he re-
moved to Hanover township, in this county, and in his latter years
went to reside with his son, Phineas Bradley, near Washington,
D. C. He was successively master of a vessel, surveyor of lands,
selectman, town treasurer, representative to the legislature, jus-
tice of the peace, captain in the militia and in the revolutionary war,
judge, town clerk, &c. While a resident of this pi ace Mr. Bradley
wrote a work entitled, "A Philosophical Retrospect on the General
Outline of Creation and Providence, wherein is considered the
Origin of Matter and Works of Creation, and also the Immutable
and Systematic Dispositions of Divine Providence, in consequence
whereof the World was at some ancient epoch Destroyed by an Ex-
undation of the Sea, subsequent to which the Creation of all Ter-
restrial Animals took place. Comprising also, a general view of the
Origin of Nations, and of the general characteristics of the several
Varieties of Mankind." It was a book of one hundred and ninety-
four pages and was printed and published by Asher and Charles
Miner, and gave great alarm to many ladies, among others, to
Mr. Bradley's good wife. The work was thought to be infidel
in its character, advancing doctrines not in conformity with the
teachings of Holy Writ. These orthodox ladies and others were
active in its destruction, committing the book to the flames when-
ever a copy fell into their hands. This circumstance accounts for
the present scarcity of the work. Mrs. Bradley died in Wilkes-
Barre September 18, 1804, aged sixty-seven years, and her hus-
band died in Oneida county, N. Y., about 1825. Abraham
Bradley, son of Abraham Bradley, was born in Litchfield Feb-
ruary 21, 1767. He was educated in his native town and read
law with Judge Tapping Reeve, of Litchfield. He practiced
here from 1788 to 179 1. In a letter written by Timothy Pick-
ering to Governor Mifflin, dated August 16, 1791, he thus speaks
of Mr. Bradley: "Permit me now, sir, to mention a gentleman
there, who can well execute, and who well deserves all these offi-
ces (register, recorder, clerk of all the courts, and prothonotary),
I mean Abraham Bradley, Esq., whose prudence, steadiness and
sobriety are exemplary — whose integrity is unblemished — whose

1054 Noah Murray.

industry has no rival — and whose judgment and law knowledge
have there, no superior. I think I shall speak more accurately
if I were to say, no equal. In pleadings, and the necessary forms,
he is decidedly superior to all. But he came later into practice
than the other three attorneys — was younger — somewhat diffi-
dent, and has not formed a habit of speaking. He has, therefore,
had few causes to manage, and his fees have been trifling. He
studied law and wrote in the office of Tapping Reeve, Esq., an
eminent lawyer at Litchfield, in Connecticut. He writes a fair,
strong, legible hand, perfectly adapted to records. During fre-
quent absences in the last two years he has done the business in
the court and in my office with great propriety. 'Tis a business
in which he takes pleasure. His law knowledge renders him
peculiarly fit to hold all the offices before mentioned, and will
give great facility in the execution. And his law knowledge will
not be stationary — it will advance. For he has an inquisitive
mind, and a taste for literature in general. This, sir, is not the
language of hyperbole; I spsak the words of truth and soberness
from an intimate personal acquaintance with Mr. Bradley." Mr.
Bradley did not get "the offices," but the governor on the next
day, August 17, 1791, appointed him one of the judges of Lu-
zerne county. He soon after left Wilkes-Barre and removed to
Washington, D. C, and from 1791 to 1799 he was confidential
clerk to Colonel Pickering, in the post office and other depart-
ments, and from 1799 to 1829 he was assistant postmaster-gen-
eral of the United States. He was secretary of the Franklin In-
surance Company, of Washington for two years before his death,
which occurred at Washington, May 7, 1838. His wife was
Hannah Smith, of Pittston, daughter of Thomas Smith. (See
page 869.)

NOAH MURRAY.

Noah Murray, who was appointed one of the justices of the
Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne county, Pa., November 28,
1788, was a native of Litchfield county. Conn. He served in the
revolutionary war, after which he settled in the Wyoming valley.
He removed to Athens, Luzerne (now Bradford) county, about

Joseph Kinney. 1055

1791. He was a clergyman, first of the Baptist church and after-
wards of the Universahst ; for some years he was pastor of the
Universahst church in Philadelphia. He was one of the proprie-
tors of the old academy at Athens, and chairman of the board of
trustees. He died May 11, 181 1, leaving two sons and several
daughters. On a marble monument standing in a cemetery at
Springfield, Bradford county, Pa., is this inscription : "Sacred to
the memory of Rev. Noah Murray, the first preacher of Univer-
salism in Bradford county, who died May 1 1, 181 1, in the seventy-
fifth year of his age. Erected as a token of grateful remembrance
by the North Branch Association of Universalists, September,
1867."

JOSEPH KINNEY.

"Joseph Kinney," says Timothy Pickering, in a letter to Gov-
ernor Mifflin, dated August 16, 1791, "was pretty early appointed
a judge of the Common Pleas, but fully expecting to remove to
the state of New York, he sent to the court a letter of resigna-
tion, but I do not know that his resignation was ever declared to
the executive council. I believe it was not. He lived near
Tioga, where Esquire Hollenback was sometimes present, and to
which neighborhood Esquire Murray moved up from Shawnee.
Mr. Kinney was disappointed in respect to the lands in York state to
which he meant to go, and has remained in Luzerne." His com-
mission is not on record in the recorder's office, and the first time
that he sat as judge was June 2, 1789. Joseph Kinney was born
in Plainfield, Conn., about the year, 1755. He was a revolutionary
soldier, and his first engagement was at Dorchester Heights,
about March 2, 1776, which resulted disastrously to the British
troops. He was wounded in the leg on Long Island, captured
and was a prisoner three months in the old Jersey prison ship,
and suffered all its horrors. He limped home on foot, and was
at the battle of Saratoga, October 17, 1777, where Burgoyne sur-
rendered, when he returned to Plainfield and remained until about
1778, v/hen he settled at Wyoming. There he married Sarah,
the eldest daughter of Captain (afterwards General) Simon Spal-
ding, and with that gentleman and others removed to Sheshe-

1056 Christopher Hurlbut.

quin, Luzerne (now Bradford) county, in 1783, which thereafter
became his permanent home. Mr. Miner has the following in his
History of Wyoming: "On Sunday, June 18, 1 781, Joseph Kin-
ney and Sarah Spalding were called off, that is, the bans were
published, and on Thursday, the 22d, were married. It was an
occasion of unusual festivity and joy. The bride ■\^as the eldest
daughter of Captain Simon Spalding, the gallant commander of
the Connecticut Independent Company." He was a school teacher
in Wyoming, but changed his occupation to that of a farmer in
his new home, a calling in which he prided himself, executing
his work in an exceedingly tidy and in some respects peculiar
manner. He was not only a great reader, but was also a close
and logical reasoner, and analyzed thoroughly everything offered
before he stored it away in his memory as knowledge. He was
particularly apt in theological themes, and had many a gusty
bout with the preachers of the day, and when sent to oppose and
confound Mr. Murray in his first seed sowing of the doctrines of
universal salvation, at Athens, "went wool gathering and came
home shorn," after a three days' protracted effort. Mr. Kinney's
house was the home of all the itinerants of the gospel in his day.
He was emphatically domestic in his tastes, and hence disliked
and refused political positions generally. On September i, 1 791,
he was appointed a justice of the peace for the district of Tioga,
which comprised at that time what is now the larger part of Brad-
ford county. He was also one of the first commissioners of
Bradford county, but resolutely declined all further preferment.
He died in 1841. Mr. and Mrs. Kinney had a family of thirteen
children. Their son Simon was the first white child born in the
present town of Sheshequin. His descendants are distinguished
in the various walks of life.

CHRISTOPHER HURLBUT.

Christopher Hurlbut was appointed a justice of the Court of
Common Pleas of Luzerne county. Pa., August 5, 1789. For a
sketch of the Hurlbut family see page 628.

Courts. 1057

LAWRENCE MYERS.

Lawrence Myers was appointed a justice of the Court of Com-
mon Pleas of Luzerne county, Pa., July 7, 1790. For a sketch of
the Myers family see page 629.

NATHAN DENISON.

Nathan Denison was appointed a judge of Luzerne county, Pa.,
August 17, 1 79 1. For a sketch of his life see article headed
George Denison. His son, George Denison, and grandsons,
Charles Denison and Lazarus Denison Shoemaker, members of
the Luzerne bar, represented Luzerne county in the congress of
the United States.

By the constitution of 1790 the judicial power of the common-
wealth was vested in a Supreme Court, in Courts of Oyer and
Terminer and general jail delivery, in a Court of Common Pleas,
Orphans' Court, Register's court, and a Court of Quarter Sessions
of the peace for each county, in justices of the peace, and in
such other courts as the legislature should from time to time
establish. Section 2 of Article V provided that the judges
of the Supreme Court and Courts of Common Pleas hold office
during good behavior. Section 3 provided that the jurisdic-
tion of the Supreme Court extend over the state, and the judges
thereof were by virtue of their office justices of Oyer and Ter-
miner, &.C., in the several counties. Section 4 provided that the
Courts of Common Pleas were to be established as follows :
The governor shall appoint in each county not fewer than three
nor more than four judges, until it shall be otherwise directed by
law, who shall reside in such county. The state shall be divided
into circuits, none of which should contain more than six nor
fewer than three counties. A president of each circuit was to be

ios8 Jacob Rush.

appointed. The president and judges, any two of whom shall
be a quorum, were to compose the respective Courts of Com-
mon Pleas. Section 5 provided that two of the judges, the
president being one, could hold a Court of Oyer and Terminer.
Section 7 provided that two of the judges constituted a quorum
to hold a Court of Quarter Sessions and Orphans' Court. At
the first session of the legislature following the adoption of the
constitution an act was passed (April 13, 1791,) to carry into
effect its provisions respecting the courts, &c., and by section
second of the act the state was divided into five districts or cir-
cuits. Luzerne, together with Berks, Northampton and North-
umberland counties, constituted the third district or circuit. Sec-
tion third of the act directed the governor to commission "a per-
son of knowledge and integrity and skilled in the law" in each
district as "president and judge," and "a number of other proper
persons, not fewer than three nor more than four," as judges-in
each county. Their jurisdiction, &c., was to commence after the
next 31st August.

JACOB RUSH.

Jacob Rush, who was appointed, August 17, 1791, president of
the Court of Common Pleas of the circuit consisting of the coun-
ties of Berks, Luzerne, Northampton and Northumberland, was
a native of Byberry township, Philadelphia county. Pa., where he
was born in 1746. His ancestor, John Rush, who was captain of
horse in Cromwell's army, emigrated to this county in 1683 and
left a large number of descendants. His father died in 175 1. Jacob
Rush graduated from Princeton (N. J.) College in 1765, and was
admitted to the bar of Philadelphia county February 7, 1769.
After his admission he practiced his profession in Philadelphia,
and also in the counties of Bucks, Chester and York. In Jan-
uary, 177s, he was a member of the provincial convention as-
sembled in Philadelphia to consider the proper measures of self
defense against the oppressions of our mother England. In 1779
and 1780 he was a member of our state legislature. He was ap-

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painted a judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania February
15, 1784, in place of John Evans, deceased, and as such was a
member of the high Court of Errors and Appeals before the ad-
option of the constitution of 1790. Judge Rush presided here
until 1806, when he was succeeded by Thomas Cooper. From
1806 to 1820 Judge Rush was president judge of the Court of
Common Pleas of Philadelphia, where he died January 5, 1820.
Princeton gave him the degree of LL. D., in 1804. While a
judge of our circuit he resided in Reading, Pa. He was a brother
of the celebrated Dr. Benjamin Rush, signer of the declaration
of independence. David Paul Brown says of him : "He was a
man of great ability, and great firmness and decision of charac-
ter. He was also an eloquent man. Perhaps there are few
specimens of judicial eloquence more impressive than those
charges which he delivered during his occupation of the bench.
An accurate idea of his style may be readily formed from an ex-
tract from his charge to a grand jury in 1808, and his sentence
pronounced upon Richard Smith for the murder of Carson in
1 8 16. We refer as much to the moral tone of his productions
as to their literary and intellectual power. Some of his early
literary essays were ascribed to Dr. Franklin, and for their terse-
ness and clearness were worthy of him. Judge Rush's charges
to the jury, and decisions generally, were marked by soundness
of principle and closeness of reasoning. Having been a judge
of the Supreme Court and of the high Court of Errors and Ap-
peals he never appeared to be satisfied in his position in the Court
of Common Pleas, yet his uprightness of conduct and unques-
tionable ability always secured to him the respect and confidence,
if not the attachment of his associates, the members of the bar,
and the entire community. He was one of the gentlemen of the
old school, plain in his attire and unobtrusive in his deportment ;
but while observant of his duties towards others, he was never
forgetful of the respect to which he was himself justly entitled."
He was the author of "Charges on Moral and Religious Sub-
jects," published in 1803 ; "The Character of Christ," i8o5, and
"Christian Baptism," 1819. There were some ceremonies con-
nected with the courts now entirely abrogated, and which, in
fact, would be annoying in the present day, which are worthy of

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being noted in the records of the past. At the opening of every
term the sheriff, with his staff of office, attended by the crier of the
court, and frequently by several constables, waited upon the judges
at their lodgings, and then conducted them in formal prosession to
the court house. It is certainly more agreeable in this day for a
judge to regulate his own time and enter the court house with-
out any such idle parade. Judges McKean, Smith, Yeates, and
others, of the Supreme Court, always wore swords when they
attended court in Wilkes-Barre, — some bearing rapiers, others,
heavier weapons. The first court house was erected on the
public square and was constructed of hewn logs, and consist-
ed of two stories, the lower one being used for the purposes
of a jail and as a dwelling place for the jailor ; the upper story for
court purposes, and also as a place where the people of the
vicinity met for religious services and duties. In this secluded
spot the weeks of court, years since, attracted more of interest in
the inhabitants than is found at present. They were decidedly,
as tradition remembers and brings down to us, gala days and
periods of frolic and of fun. The lawyers were assembled from
various parts of the state, and, while business was not so burden-
some and pressing as it is now, much time was afforded for
amusements.

NATHAN PALMER.

Nathan Palmer, a lineal descendant of Myles Standish, was ad-
mitted to the Luzerne county, Pa., bar in 1794. He was a native
of Plainfield, Conn., and removed in eariy manhood to Pennsyl-
vania. On January 8, 1800, he was appointed by Governor Mc-
Kean prothonotary, and clerk of the Courts of Quarter Sessions,
Oyer and Terminerand Orphans' Court, for the term of three years.'
From 1808 to 1 8 10 he represented Luzerne and Northumberland
counties in the senate of Pennsylvania. In 1 8 1 3 he was treasurer
of Luzerne county. In 18 14 he was appointed one of the trustees
of the Wilkes-Barre Academy, and served for five years in that
position. Judge Strange N. Palmer, of Pottsville, was his son,
and Hon. Robert M. Palmer, of the same place, his grandson.

Thomas Graham. io6i

NOAH WADHAMS.

Noah Wadhams was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county,
Pa., in 1794. In the minutes of the sessions of the court for the
last named year it is stated that the only attorneys in Luzerne
county are Ebenezer Bowman and Putnam Catlin (Rosewell
Welles had been appointed judge and A. Bradley had removed);
that E. Bowman had declined practice and P. Catlin was about
to decline; that Nathan Palmer and Noah Wadhams, jr., having
been admitted in the Supreme Court of Connecticut, be, "under
the circumstances,'' admitted, &c. (the two years residence and
study within the state being dispensed with). For further infor-
mation regarding Mr. Wadhams see pages 109 and 755.

JESSE FELL.

Jesse Fell was appointed a judge of Luzerne county, Pa., Feb-
ruary 5, 1798. For a sketch of his life see page 344.

THOMAS GRAHAM.

Thomas Graham wa.i admitted to the bar of Luzerne county.
Pa., in 1798. In 1805 he was appointed to the offices of register
and recorder, and in 1807 he was appointed prothonotary and
clerk of the Courts of Quarter Sessions, Oyer and Terminer and
Orphans' Court. In 1809, 1810 and 181 1 he represented Luzerne
county in the legislature of the state. From 1807 to April 26,
1 8 14 (the date of his death), he was one of the trustees of the
Wilkes-Barre Academy.

io62 William Prentice.

WILLIAM PRENTICE.

William Prentice was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county,
Pa., in 1799. He was then thirty-four years of age, and was the
first full-fledged attorney in that part of Luzerne county which
is now Bradford county. He was a descendant of Captain
Thomas Prentice, born in England, 1620, who had a son, Thomas,
born in 1649,. who had a son, Samuel, born in 1680, who had a
son, Samuel, born November 25, 1702, who had a son, Amos
Prentice, M. D., born April 24, 1748. The latter removed with
his family from New London, Conn., to Athens township, Lu-
zerne (now Bradford) county, and was among the early physicians
of the county. He was one of the sufferers in New London at
the time the city was burned by Arnold, in 1781, where he prac-
ticed his profession for several years. His wife was the daughter

of Rev. Owen, of Groton, Conn., a friend and contemporary of

President Edwards. WiUiam Prentice was the son of Amos Pren-
tice, M. D., and died suddenly at the home of his father in Mill-
town, Luzerne (now Bradford) county, October 6, 1806. He had
studied law and had been admitted to the bar in New London
previous to his coming to this county. After the dismember-
ment of the county he practiced in Lycoming county until his
death. The history of this dismemberment is as follows : Col-
onel John Franklin was a resident of Athens, after the troubles
at Wyoming were settled and the organization of Luzerne county
completed. In the years 1795 and 1796 he represented Luzerne
county in the assembly of Pennsylvania. From 1799 to 1803
he was also a member of the legislature. An attempt was made
in the session of 1 802-3 to expel him frem the assembly on ac-
count of his indictment under the intrusion law, but on account
of political reasons, many in the land-holders' interest were in-
duced to vote against his expulsion. Determined, however, to
get rid of him, the legislature in 1804 passed an act dividing the
county of Luzerne, and setting off that part which contained
the residence of Colonel Franklin to Lycoming county. It is
said that the first draft of the bill included that part of Luzerne

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west of the Susquehanna and north of the Towanda creek.
When the bill was read Colonel Franklin arose in his seat and
remarked, "he wished to inform the gentlemen that he lived east
of the river." The boundaries were accordingly changed, so as
to include him in the dismembered portion. In 1805, however,
much to the chagrin of his enemies, he was elected by the people
of Lycoming, and appeared in triumph at Lancaster, and took
his seat. Subsequently, a portion of the dismembered portion
was recovered to Luzerne county. Hon. William EUwell, of
Bloomsburg, is a nephew of William Prentice, his mother being
Nancy Prentice, who was the wife of Daniel Elwell, the father of
the judge. *

GEORGE GRIFFIN.

George Griffin was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county. Pa.,
in 1800. He was a descendant of Jasper Griffin, who was born
in Wales in the earlier half of the seventeenth century. He came
to America before 1670. The first notice of him is in that year, in
Essex county, Mass. In 1674 he was at Marblehead, Mass. In
1675 he and his wife Hannah settled at Southold, Long Island.
She was born at Manchester, New England, and died at South-
old April 20, 1699, aged forty-six years, eight months, and "was
the mother of fourteen children." Mr. Griffin was commissioned
major of militia, and had charge of two guns, which were
mounted near his house, and fired on public days. He died at
Southold April 17, 17SS, aged eighty years. Jasper Griffin, son
of Jasper Griffin, and eldest of his fourteen children, was born
at Southold in 1675. After his father's death he removed to
Lyme, Conn., where he had married, April 29, 1696, Ruth Peck,
born August 19, 1676, daughter of Joseph Peck, of New Haven,
Conn., and Sarah, his wife. Joseph Peck was the third son of
William Peck, one of the original proprietors of New Haven, and
was the progenitor of all the Pecks in New England. Mr. and
Mrs. Griffin had five children. He was over ninety years of age

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at the time of his death. Lemuel Griffin, second son of Jasper
Griffin, was born at Lyme in 1704. He married Phoebe Corn-
stock. She "was of literary and artistic tastes." They had two
sons — George Griffin, eldest son of Lemuel Griffin, was born at
East Haddam, Conn., July 10, 1734. He married, March 9,
1762, Eve Dorr, born March 4, 1733, daughter of Edmund Dorr
and Mary Griswold. Edmund Dorr was born at Roxbury,
Mass., October 16, 1692; married, September 4, 1719, Mary
Griswold, daughter of Matthew Griswold and Phoebe Hyde,
daughter of Samuel and Jane (Lee) Hyde, of Norwich, Conn.
Edmund Dorr was sixth son of Edward and Elizabeth (Hawley)
Dorr. Edward Dorr, born in the west of England, 1648, is sup-
posed to be the progenitor of all the Dorrs of New England.
Samuel Hyde was the eldest son of William Hyde ; both were
of the thirty-five original proprietors of Norwich. Matthew
Griswold was the eldest son of Matthew Griswold and Anna
Wolcott, of Lyme. Matthew, the first, was an assistant of the
colony, and a man of mark in the community. Mary (Griswold)
Dorr was the aunt of Governor Matthew Griswold. "George
Griffin was a man of strong mental ability, of rare judgment and
decided character. He endeavored to develop the mental powers
of his children." — Spmgue's Memoirs of Rev. E. D. Griffin. Eve
(Dorr) Griffin died April 3, 1804. George Griffin died August
6, 1804. They had three sons and five daughters. The daugh-
ters married into the families of Jewett, Beckwith, Lord, Welles
and Austin, well known names in Connecticut. The eldest son,
Colonel Josiah Griffin, born June 7, 1765, was also judge of the
county court, and for several years a legislator of his native
state. He "was a man of commanding presence, dignified mien
and strong intellect, of rare judgment and taste fjr mental cul-
ture, a man of prominence in the community. It is said of him
that he was scarcely less gifted than his more distinguished
brothers." His descendants live at East Haddam. The second
son. Rev. Dr. Edward Dorr Griffin, born January 6, 1770, gradu-
ated at Yale College in 1790. He married, May 17, 1796,
Frances Huntington, niece and adopted daughter of Governor
Samuel Huntington, of Norwich, and sister of Governor Samuel
Huntington, of Ohio. Dr. Griffin was one of the most eloquent

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and effective preachers of the day, was professor of pulpit elo-
quence at Andover, pastor of the Old South church, Boston,
and for fifteen years president of Williams College. Dr. Griffin
died November 8, 1837. He had no sons, but two daughters —
Frances Louisa, a poetess, married Dr. Lyndon A. Smith, of
Newark, N. J., and left descendants. Ellen married the Rev. Dr.
Crawford, and also left descendants. The third son, and youngest
child of George Griffin and Eve (Dorr) Griffin, was George
Griffin, born at East Haddam, Conn., January 14, 1778. He
graduated from Yale College in 1797, studied law with Noah B.
Benedict, at Woodbury, Conn., for six months, and then entered
Judge Reeve's law school at Litchfield, Conn., where he was ad-
mitted to the bar in December, 1799. He removed to this city
in the summer of 1800, and practiced here until 1806. He mar-
ried, July 3, 1801, Lydia, daughter of Colonel Zebulon Butler.
(See page 326). The immediate cause of Mr. Griffin's leaving
Wilkes-Barre was the perpetration of a practical joke upon him
by electing him high constable at the first election under the
borough charter of Wilkes-Barre. He removed from here to the
city of New York, where he became a very eminent lawyer. It
is related of him, that after he was settled in that city he was en-
gaged for the plaintiff in the trial of a slander suit growing out
of an altercation over a game of cards. Not very much had
been said by the defendant, but Mr. Griffin opened his argument
to the jury with the proverb, "the constant falling of the water
drop will wear away the hardest stone," and from this he pro-
ceeded to argue that, though the words spoken did not at first
blush seem injurious, yet the frequent repetition of what the de-
fendant was responsible for setting in motion, was calculated to
undermine the fairest reputation in any community. The ver-
dict was for ^5000, which the plaintiff gave Mr. Griffin as his
fee, and' from that time forward his reputation was made. The
trial of Goodwin, for killing James Staughton, was one of the oc-
casions in which Mr. Griffin's forensic eloquence shone forth
with peculiar splendor. The case was tried at New York in 1820.
It was one of all absorbing interest in the city, occupying an
entire week. Mr. Griffin's address to the j ury was, without doubt,
one of the great legal speeches which have rendered the New

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York city bar so distinguished before the nation. He closed his
speech in the following language : "The siren voice of pity has
been sounded in your ears in behalf of the prisoner's youth,
and you have been invoked, as you value your own salvation, to
temper justice with mercy. Mercy is indeed a heavenly attri-
bute — it is the very attribute of the Godhead to which erring
mortals will cling in that day of retribution, when we must all
appear before the judgment seat, not as judges, or jurors, or coun-
sel, but to await our final sentence. Nor is this favorite of the
skies a stranger to our jurisprudence. Our constitution has pro-
vided a place for it to dwell, even the mercy seat of the execu-
tive. But jurors may not, must not tamper with it; an oath en-
joins them to forbear. It is chiefly because the law knows that
jurors have compassionate and erring hearts, that it fortifies them
by an oath compelling them to lay their hands upon the word of
life and to call upon God to help them as they decide according
to the law and evidence. Awful alternative, cleaving unto or re-
nouncing the help of God. And yet, gentlemen, this oath, with
all its sanctions, rests upon your souls."

He was in full practice in New York for fifty-two years. He
received the degree of LL. D. from Columbia College in 1837.
He was " a profound scholar in every department of literature
and science, but he was above all things a lawyer." He died at
his residence, 15 West Twentieth street, New York, May 6, i860.
His wife died May i, 1864. They are buried in the "Marble
cemetery," between First and Second streets and First and Second
avenues, New York. He died of a softening of the brain, ending
in paralysis, and superinduced, thought the celebrated Dr. Dela-
field, by a complete cessation from all mental labor. He stopped
the machine too quickly. Just before retiring from active prac-
tice he published two religious works— "The Gospel Its Own
Advocate," (New York, Harpers, 1850), and "The Sufferings of
Christ," (New York, Harpers, 1852). He was seventy-four years
old when the former book issued from the press. All the courts
of New York city and the Supreme Court adjourned out of respect
to his memory, and he was eulogized by famous lawyers. Judge
Hoffman, of the Supreme Court, said : "He was, both in profe^'s-
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character." Justice Woodruff, of the same court, made similar
remarks. In seconding the motion for an adjournment of the
Supreme Court, Mr. David Dudley Field termed him "the Nestor
of our bar ; eloquent, learned and painstaking." Others, in news-
paper editorials and sketches, said : "Removing to New York in
1806, he rose at once to a distinguished position in the profession,
and divided forensic honors with such men as Golden, Emmett,
■ Ogden, Hoffman and Wells. Possessed of a well-stored and
highly-cultivated mind, great powers of analysis, untiring energy
of purpose and industry, a gift of eloquence excelled by few, a
tall, commanding figure and polished-manner — he won the respect
of opponents and the admiration of friends. In his successful
career he acquired a handsome competency, and always dispensed
his charities with a liberal hand. Few men have ever succeeded
in using more conscientiously the gifts of intellect." (New York
Herald, May 7, i860.) James W. Gerard, who studied in his
office, wrote the obituary which appeared in the yournal of Com-
merce ; Henry Alexander that in the Post. Some of his speeches
have been published in books, from which school boys get
speeches. The "National Orator" contains his celebrated speech
for the plaintiff in the slander case of Livingston vs. Cheetham. He
wrote (but by the law of courts martial the defendant himself spoke
it) the defense of Captain (afterwards Commodore) A. S. Mackenzie,
tried at the Brooklyn navy yard in 1843 for the hanging of Mid-
shipman Spencer, andothers,forthecelebratedmutiny on board the
United States brig "Somers." George Griffin was six feet two
and a half inches in height — almost as tall as either of his two
brothers, each of whom exceeded six feet three inches, and well
proportioned. His head was of rare intellectual beauty. George
and Lydia (Butler) Griffin had children, viz :

1. Francis, born November 26, 1802, at Wilkes-Barre.

2. Edmund Dorr, born September 10, 1804, at Wilkes-Barre.

3. Ellen, born February 15, 1807; died December 9, 1823, at
New York, unmarried.

4. Caroline Ann, born May 7, 1809; died April 23, 1810, at
New York, unmarried.

5. George, born February 25, 181 1, at New York.

6. Charles Alexander, born November 8, 18 14, at New York.

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7. Caroline Lydia, born March i, 1820; died May 10, 1861,
at New York, unmarried.

8. Ellen Ann, born February 6, 1826; died November 30,
1 83 1, at New York.

1. Francis Griffin graduated at Yale College 1820, studied law
. with his father and was admitted to practice at New York in
1823. He married, November 29, 1829, Mary I. Sands, born April
17, 1804, daughter of Joseph and Theresa Sands, of Sand's Point, "
N. Y. He became a prominent and very popular lawyer. At
his death eulogies were pronounced by William Kent, F. B. Cut-
ting, John Van Buren, J. W. Gerard, J. J. Roosevelt, and others.
He was "of honorable standing, unsullied integrity, and distin-
guished attainments, endeared to us by his manly deportment,
generous nature and kindly sympathies." He died at New York
January 12, 1852. Mary (Sands) Griffin died at Dresden, Sax-
ony, March 9, 1888. She had printed, for private distribution,
several volumes of novels and tales, at Dresden. She endowed
liberally an orphan asylum in that city. They had children :

1. Theresa, born at New York July 27, 1832; married,
June 3, 1850, Egbert L. Viele, born at Waterford, N. Y., June
17, 1825, and educated at West Point. He was brigadier general
of United States volunteers during the civil war, 1861-5. They
have several children. She lives at Paris. Her son Francis,
educated there, is a rising member of the Parisian bar. Another
son, Herman, is a civil engineer in New York city. Mrs. Viele
published "Following the Drum" in 1858. It is a sketch of her
garrison life in Texas.

2. Edmund Dorr, born in New York May 27, 1833 ; educated
at Bonn and Heidelberg, Germany ; became a lawyer in New
York; married, April 3, 1853, Lillie Hicks, of Flushing, L. I.
He died April 22, 1864, at New Rochelle, N. Y. They have
children living in New York, one son a lawyer and one a physi-
cian. Edmund Dorr left poems of merit in manuscript.

3. Emily Seaton, born at New York October 2, 1836; mar-
ried, February 27, 1857, at Dresden, Saxony, Karl Emil von
Lengwicke, an officer of the Saxon army. He distinguished
himself in the Prusso-Austrian and Franco-Prussian wars. They
had several children ; all died in childhood.

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4. Charles Ferdinand, born at New York April 25, 1838; ed-
ucated at Bonn and Carlsruhe, Germany ; became a civil engineer
in New York city. His health failing, he went again to Europe,
and died, unmarried, October 26, 1 864, at Vienna, Austria, where
he is buried.

II. Edmund Dorr Griffin graduated with the highest honors of
his class, at Columbia College in 1821, aged seventeen; gradu-
ated at the Theological Seminary of New York in 1825 ; became
an Episcopal clergyman ; travelled extensively in Europe ; was
a poet, and at the time of his early death, at New York, Septem-
ber I, 1830, was professor of belles lettres at Columbia College.
He was a very brilliant man, and was called the handsomest man
in New York. His head resembled that of Byron in intellectual
beauty, but he was six feet in height and exceedingly well made.
His literary "Remains" were published by his brother Francis
(two volumes, 8vo, New York, Carvill, 1831).

V. George Griffin graduated at Williams College 1834; entered
no profession, and lived at Kaatskill, N. Y. ; married, first, April
2, 1834, Anne Augusta, daughter of James Neilson and Malvina
(Forman) Neilson, of New Brunswick, N. J. She died at Kaats-
kill March 20, 1841. He then married, May 20, 1845, Mary
Augusta, daughter of Judge Apollos Cooke, of Kaatskill. She
died there August 19, 1848. He then married, October 14, 185 i,
Elizabeth Frances, daughter of Abraham Benson, of Fairfield,
Conn. He died at Kaatskill in 1880. She is living (1889) at
Elizabeth, N. J. He had children by all three wives. The sons
now living are lawyers, physicians and merchants in New York
city.

VI. Charles Alexander Griffin graduated at Williams College in
1833, and at the Yale Law School in 1835 ; married, October 26,
1836, Pastora Jacoba DeForest, third daughter of David Curtis
DeForest and Julia (Wooster) DeForest, of New Haven, Conn.
Pastora J. (DeForest) Griffin was born December 25, 1815, at
Buenos Ayres, South America. Julia Wooster was born at
Huntington, Conn., and was of the same family as Admiral
Wooster and General Wooster. David C. DeForest was a de-
scendant of an ancient French Walloon family of Hainault. Early
in the seventeenth century Jesse DeForest, of Leyden, had been

1070 George Griffin.

the originator of a scheme of colonization in America. He died

. Henry and Isaac DeForest, his sons, and Dr. Jaen La

Montague, his son-in-law, were the leaders of the first Walloon
colony at New Amsterdam, in 1636. Henry and Isaac De-
Forest were founders of Harlem, now part of New York city.
Isaac DeFoi'est married, at New Amsterdam, 1641, Sarah, daugh-
ter of Phillippe de Trieux (Truax) and Susanne de Cheney. Da-
vid C. DeForest, fifth in descent from Isaac, was born -1774. In
early life he. went to Buenos Ayres, South America ; became a
prominent and successful merchant ; returned to New Haven
and built what was then the finest house there ; was consul-general
of Buenos Ayres in this country ; established the " DeForest
fund" and the prize known as the "DeForest medal" at Yale
College; died February 22, 1822.

Charles Alexander Griffin lived in New York and at New
Brighton, N. Y., and practiced law in New York city. He cared
more for literature than for law, and though he published very
little, left a mass of manuscript, consisting of poems, and the
results of historical research. Charles Alexander Griffin died at
New Brighton, N. Y., October 6, 1859. Pastora J. (DeForest)
Griffin is living (1889) at New Haven, Conn. They had chil-
dren :

1. George Butler Griffin, born at New York September 8, 1840.

2. Ellen Anne Griffin, born at New York September 19, 1842,
living C1889), unmarried.

3. Caroline Lydia Griffin, her twin sister, .died December 7,
1844.

4. Charles DeForest Griffin, born at New York September 1 7,
1844; died at Clifton Springs, N. Y., July 8, 1863, unmarried.

All these were born at 74 Leonard street, New York city.

I. George Butler Griffin graduated at Columbia College 1857 ;
became a civil engineer; in 1857-8 went in the United States ex-
pedition for a ship-canal survey at the south end of the Isthmus of
Darien, under the late Captain T. A. M. Craven, U. S. N. In
1858-59 was assistant engineer on the Tehuantepec railway sur-
veys. After his father's death he studied law at Yale Law School
and the University of Albany ; was admitted at May (i 3th) term of
the Supreme Court of New York, at Albany, 1861 ; married. No-

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vember26, 1861, Sara (born March 11, 1841) daughter of Judge
James Edwards and Susan (Tabor) Edwards, of Albany ; practiced
at Davenport, Iowa ; returned to Albany. Had two children —
Llewellyn Edwards Griffin, born at Davenport, September 5,
1862, and Edmund Dorr Griffin, born at Albany, in 1864. Her
health failing, he removed to St. Paul, Minn. She died there
March 19, 1866, and the youngest child soon afterwards. Llew-
ellyn E. had died in Albany in 1864. He remained in Minnesota a
year, hunting and fishing ; had not practiced law since leaving
Davenport. In 1865-6 became chief of field-work of the United
States survey of the Illinois river for a ship canal. In 1867 he went
to the republic of Colombia, South America; became chief of
engineers (lieutenant colonel) in their service ; resigned, and in
1869 became chief engineer of Buenaventura and Cali rail-
road, and soon after chief engineer of state of Antioquia ; re-
signed in 1874 and made a visit to the United States ; returned
to. Colombia and became a planter at Palmira, in the Cauca val-
ley; took part in a revolution in 1876, and was exiled and his
property seized ; went to San Francisco January 27, 1877, and be-
came an assistant to Mr. H. H. Bancroft in the preparation of his-
torical works for the press. In 1880 he visited Europe. In the
autumn of that year he accompanied the late Mr. J. B. Eads to
Mexico as his chief of staff, and aided in obtaining the concession
for the Tehuantepec ship-railway. In 1881 he located the Atlan-
tic and Pacific railway across the Mojave desert, in California. In
1 882 he was admitted to the bar of California at Los Angeles,where
he now resides. He gives his exclusive attention to land titles. Oc-
tober 26, 1870, he married, at Buga, United States of Colombia
(by proxy), Eva Guadalupe, born at Palmira, in that republic, De-
cember 12, 1850, third daughter of Manuel Maria Garcia de la
Plaza, doctor of civil law, and Maria Engracia Gil de Tejada, his
wife. His children are :

1. Eva Rosa, born at Medellin, state of Antioquia, United
States of Colombia, June 19, 1872.

2. Pastora Engracia, born at same place, May 29, 1874.

3. Helena Maria, born at Palmira, state of Cauca, United States
of Colombia, May 19, 1876.

4. Georgina Lydia, born at San Francisco, California, April
23, 1878.

1072 Thomas Dyer.

S- Francisca Julia, born at San Francisco, California, April 30,
1880; died at Los Angeles, Cal., November 26, 1881.

6. Jasper, born at Los Angeles, Cal., June 26, 1883.

7. Clementina Ruth, born at Los Angeles, Cal., September 7,
1886.

8. Carolina Alma DeForest, born at Los Angeles, Cal., F<A-
ruary 25, 1889.

THOMAS DYER.

Thomas Dyer, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county,
Pa., in 1802, was a descendant of Thomas Dyer, a native of Wey-
mouth, Massachusetts, who settled in Windham, Conn., about
171 5. He married Lydia, a daughter of John Backus, gathered
a good estate, was a deputy to the general assembly in several
sessions, and major of a Windham county regiment. His
only son, Eliphalet Dyer, grandfather of the subject of our
sketch, born in Windham, September 14, 1721, was sent to
Yale College and graduated in 1740, studied law and began
practice in his native town. On May 9, 1745, he married
Huldah Bowen, a daughter of Colonel Jabez Bowen, of Provi-
dence, R. I. He was chosen deputy to the general assembly
in 1747, and again in 1752, but his real entry to public life was
through his connection with the project of establishing a Con-
necticut colony in the valley of the Susquehanna. Mr. Dyer
was an active and influential promoter of this enterprise; an orig-
inal member of the Susquehanna Company, formed in 1753, cme
of the committee to purchase the Indian title to the land selected
for the proposed colony at Wyoming, and one of the company's
agents to petition the general assembly in 1755 for permission
to settle on these lands, which were then believed to be within
the chartered limits of Connecticut. The operations of the Sus-
quehanna Company were interrupted by the war with France.
In 1755 Mr. Dyer was appointed lieutenant colonel of one of
the regiments sent by Connecticut to assist in the reduction of
Crown Point, and in 1758 he was made colonel of a regiment in

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the expedition against Canada. In 1759 and 1760 he was a mem-
ber of the general assembly, and in 1762 was elected an Assist-
ant (or member of the Upper House), and was continued in that
office by annual reelection until 1784. In 1763 Colonel Dyer went
to England as the agent of the Susquehanna Company to solicit
from the crown a confirmation of their title to the tract pur-
chased of the Indians at Wyoming, and permission to settle a
colony there. The application was resisted by Pennsylvania and
was still pending when war broke out between Great Britain and
her American colonies. In 1 765 he was appointed one (the first
named) of the delegates from Connecticut to the "Stamp Act
Congress" at New York — "the first great step toward Independ-
ence." Through the ten years' struggle against the exactions of
Great Britain to the actual outbreak of the revolution, Colonel Dyer
never wavered in his devotion to the popular cause. When the
Connecticut Committee of Correspondence met at New London,
July 13, 1774, authorized by the general assembly to appoint
delegates to the congress at Philadelphia, their first choice
fell upon Colonel Dyer, and he unhesitatingly accepted the
appointment. He was present at the opening of the con-
gress, September 5, and was a member of the committee on the
rights of the colonies, appointed on September 7. He was
reelected to the congress of 177S, and to each succeeding con-
gress till 1783, except those of 1776 and 1779. In the spring
of 1775 he was named one of the "Council of Safety," to assist
the governor in the management of all public affairs when the
general assembly was not in session, and the journals of this
body show that he was continually employed in arduous duties
and in the discharge of important trusts. He had been appointed
a judge of the superior court in 1766, and retained his seat
on the bench until 1793, becoming chief judge in 1789. In
1787 Yale College conferred on him the honorary degree of
doctor of laws. He appeared as one of the agents for Connec-
ticut before the court of commissioners appointed by con-
gress to finally determine the controversy with Pennsylvania
respecting the Susquehanna lands, at the hearing at Trenton, in
November, 1782. After his resignation of the office of chief
judge he retired from public life. He died at Windham May 13,

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1 807, aged 86 years. Yale gave him the degree of D. D. in i "jJT.
John Adams said of him: "Dyer is long winded and roundabout,
obscure and cloudy, very talkative and very tedious, yet an hon-
est, worthy man ; means and judges well." Major Thomas Dyer,
an officer of the revolutionary war, was the son of Eliphalet Dyer,
who was the father of Thomas Dyer, of the Luzerne bar, who was
born at Windham, Conn., in 1771, and died at Wilkes-Barre Sep-
tember 2t, 1861. He was appointed a justice of the peace in
1806, and held the office over forty-five years. He was one of
the trustees of the Wilkes-Barre Academy from 1807 to 1838, and
for seven years was its president. In 181 1 he was treasurer of
the county of Luzerne. He first visited this valley in 1797,
remaining only a short time, but again he returned and located
himself permanently in Wilkes-Barre in 1800. At that time he
was nearly twenty years of age, and commenced his active duties
in this place by taking charge of the academy, pursuing the
study of the law at the same time. Familiarly known among
lawyers as the chief justice, he was often, from his great experi-
ence, consulted by his brother justices and even by judges on the
bench, for his practice under and construction of the act of 18 10
and its supplements. There were in those days no Binn's or Mc-
Kinney's justice to appeal to, and the ipse dixit of Squire Dyer upon
such questions was regarded as safe and reliable authority. His
duties as a justice prevented his giving much attention to the
practice of the law, yet he was a sound and thoroughly read law-
yer. Abstruse questions in legal science delighted him much, and
no one could give him greater pleasure than the suggestion of
questio vexata or a disputed point which would require investiga-
tion and search in the books. Fearne, on Contingent Remainders,
was more interesting to him than the newest novel or the light
production of some celebrated writer is to an ordinary reader. He
had no taste for works of mere imagination, and as to fiction, we
doubt if he ever thought of it, except in connection with the
legal inventions and forms connected with common recoveries
or feigned issues. He was rather a terror to the young law
student under examination who, with forwardness or want of
becoming modesty, threw down the gauntlet for his opposition ;
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after knowledge, the kindness of his heart opened with great
satisfaction the gathered stores of his own acquirements. The
polemic or theologian too who in the days of his prime rashly-
attacked him on doctrinal or disputed questions found him a
ready combatant, an able disputant, and one from whom in such
a contest he would not often escape unscathed. Bred in the
school of the Puritans, he was ever a reader of the book of books
— the Holy Bible ; familiar with every part of it, its moral lessons
and its holy truths were always weapons of his argument. Some-
times when citizens came to consult him on questions of man's
law of perhaps doubtful morality, he did not hesitate to answer by
another significant question — " What says the law of God ?"
Mr. Dyer had no children. He married late in life the widow
of the late Silas Jackson of this city, who preceded him into the
land of spirits about twelve years. He departed from among us
full of years, and has left behind him the name of an honest,
worthy, and excellent citizen.

JOHN EVANS.

John Evans was admitted to the Luzerne county. Pa , bar as
early as 1804. He resided here and probably practiced his pro-
fession until about 1816. He purchased, May 3, 1810, of James
Thompson, "two certain quarries or beds of stone coal" in Pitts-
ton township, under one hundred and twenty-six acres of land, for
the sum of eight hundred dollars. This shows that he was far
ahead of his day in estimating the value of coal. We have been
unable to ascertain anything of his family.

By the act of February 24, 1806, entitled "An Act to alter
the judiciary system of the Commonwealth," the state was re-
districted and several new districts were created. Among these
was the eighth, composed of the counties of Luzerne, Lycoming
and Northumberland. The governor was directed to appoint

1076 Thomas Cooper.

a president in each of the new districts created by the act.
Section 15 of the same act provided "That if a vacancy shall
hereafter happen in any county at present organized, by the death,
resignation or removal of any associate judge or otherwise, the
governor shall not supply the same unless the number of associ-
ates shall be thereby reduced- to less than two, in which case, or
in any case of any county hereafter organized, he shall commis-
sion so many as will complete that number in each county and
no more." The first court held in Luzerne after the passage of
the foregoing act was April term, 1806, and was presided over
by Thomas Cooper as president judge.

THOMAS COOPER.

Thomas Cooper was admitted to the Luzerne county. Pa., bar
in 1796, and appointed president judge of the eighth judicial
district March i, 1806. He was born in London, England,
October 22, 17S9. He was early sent to Oxford, where he
thoroughly studied the classics, though the bent of his mind
was toward the natural sciences. While studying law he ex-
tended his researches into anatomy and medicine. He was
admitted to the bar and travelled a circuit for a few years ; but
entering into the political agitations of the period, he was sent,
in company with Mr. Watt, the inventor of the steam engine, by
the democratic clubs of England to the affiliated clubs in France.
In this latter country he took part with the Girondists, but per-
ceiving their inevitable downfall, escaped to England. For this
journey he and his friend Mr. Watt were called to account by
Mr. Burke in the house of commons, which led to a violent
pamphlet from Mr. Cooper. His publisher, proposing to put it
in a cheaper form for general circulation, received a note from
Sir John Scott, attorney general, informing him that, although
there was no exception to be taken to his pamphlet when in the
hands of the upper class, yet the government would not allow it
to appear in a shape to insure its circulation among the people.
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from common salt, and he now became a bleacher and calico
printer in Manchester, but his business was unsuccessful. He
came to America in 1795, whither his friend Priestley had already
emigrated, and established himself at Northumberland, Pa., as a
lawyer. But the politics of this country was also attractive to
him, and uniting with the democrats, he opposed with vivacity the
administration of John Adams. For a violent attack on Adams
in a Pennsylvania newspaper in 1799 he was tried for a libel under
the sedition act of 1800, and sentenced to six months' imprison-
ment and a fine of $400. The democratic party coming into
power, he transacted in 1806 the business of a land commissioner
on the part of the state with such energy as to triumph over dif-
ficulties with the Connecticut claimants in this county which had
broken down two previous commissioners ; but, being appointed
to the office of judge of this judicial district, was exceedingly
stern and severe ; became obnoxious to the members of his own
party, and was removed on the following, among other charges
of arbitrary conduct : The first charge against him was fining
persons and immuring them in prison for whispering in court.
Cooper's reply was : " One Hollister, a constable, was merely
given in custody of the sheriff one hour, until the disposal of a
case, and then fined two dollars." This was in Wilkes-Barre in
1807. The next week Mr. Hollister published a communication
in the Federalist in which he denounced Judge Cooper as an
English tyrant, and called on the people to unite against him to
secure his removal and the appointment of an American judge.
The third charge against him was : "After sentencing a felon,
calling him from prison and pronouncing a second sentence,
increasing the penalty." This referred to the case of young
Gough, a horse thief, convicted at Wilkes-Barre. The court sen-
tenced him to twelve months, he having plead guilty. The next
morning Judges HoUenback and Fell informed Judge Cooper
they had understood he was an old offender. " I gave it as my
opinion," says Judge Cooper, "that during the sessions the judg-
ments were in the power of the court and subject to revisal. He
was re-sentenced to three years." The committee to investigate
the charges met March 7, 181 1. John B. Gibson, subsequently
Judge Gibson, was one of the committee. After the examination

1078 Thomas Coopek.

of many witnesses the committee reported that the judge's "con-
duct had been arbitrary, unjust and precipitate," and in favor of an
address to the governor for his removal. More- than two-thirds
of the legislature voted for his removal, and he was accordingly^
superseded by the governor on April 2, 181 1. Judge Wilson, of
Northumberland county, said that "the court was very disor-
derly before Judge Cooper's time. I have seen Judge Rush
leave the bench. It is now very orderly." The late George W.
Woodward used to relate that when Judge Burnside held his
first court in Clearfield county the people crowded in among the
lawyers and in front of the bench. An indictment was brought
in against one Pennington. The judge called out, "Is Penning-
ton in court?" A stalwart man standing in front of the crowd
said: "Jedge, you better call out the whole damn grist of the
Penningtons." The judge put on a severe look and commenced
a lecture to the man for disturbing the court. After he proceeded
for awhile the man said: "Hush up,jedge,you are makinga damned
sight more disturbance than I did." Subsequently Judge Cooper
successively occupied the chair of chemistry in Dickinson Col-
lege, in the University of Pennsylvania, and in Columbia College,
South Carolina, of which last institution he became president in
1820, and in which he discharged also the duties of professor of
chemistry and of political economy. On his retirement in 1834,
the revision of the statutes of the state was confided to him, and
he died in the performance of this duty. May 1 1, 1840, at Colum-
bia, S. C. Mr. Cooper was alike eminent for the Versatility of his
talent and the extent of his knowledge. Hi published, in 1794,
in London, a volume of "Information Concerning America;" in
1800, a collection of "Political Essays," reprinted from a Penn-
sylvania newspaper; in 181 2, in Philadelphia, a translation of the
"Institutes of Justinian;" in 18 19, a work on "Medical Jurispru-
dence ;" in 18 1 2-14, two of the five volumes entitled the "Empo-
rium of Arts and Sciences," which were published in Philadel-
phia; and in 1826, at Charleston, South Carolina, his academic
" Lectures on the Elements of Political Economy." He was a
vigorous pamphleteer in various political contests, and an admi-
rable conversationalist. In philosophy he was a materialist, and
in religion a Unitarian.

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WASHINGTON LEE.

Washington Lee, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county, Pa., April 25, 1806, was born in Harrisburg, Pa., June
18, 1786. His father, Andrew Lee, captain of dragoons in the
army of the revolution, and one of the band celebrated in Penn-
sylvania history as the " Paxtang Boys," had served his country
with some distinction under General Sullivan, and had even been
permitted to see the interior of one of the British prison hulks
in New York harbor, famous then, as now, as "floating hells."
•The captain survived the horrors which were fatal to so many of
his comrades, and being finally exchanged, hastened home to
Paxtang, Pa., to recruit his shattered health. Before the close
of the year, however, Cornwallis had surrendered. Great Brit-
ain saw the futility of her efforts to retain these colonies and
finally, September 3, 1783, signed with her late rebellious sub-
jects a definitive treaty of peace. With this conclusion Captain
Lee found his occupation gone, and taking unto himself a wife
in the person of Mrs. Priscilla Stewart (nee Espy), the widow
of James Stewart, he moved to Harrisburg, purchased a well
known inn there, and prepared to entertain the travelling public.
In this house was born Washington Lee and his brother James
S. Lee. James S. in after years moved to Hanover township, in
this county. Washington Lee, after attending school at Harris-
burg, entered the law office of George Fisher, a prominent prac-
titioner of that place, and on March 3, 1806, was duly admitted
to practice law in the courts of Dauphin county. He had deter-
mined, however, that a military career would be more to his
tastes, and he early sought the influence of his friends to aid him
in gaining a position in the army. A staunch friend of his father,
Hon. John Joseph Henry, was then presiding on the bench of
Dauphin county, and from him he readily secured a commenda-
tory letter to Henry Dearborn, the secretary of war. By the
same influence he also enlisted Hon. Andrew Gregg, United
States senator from Pennsylvania, in his service, and May 3, 1808,
, he rejoiced in the receipt of his commission as second lieutenant
in the army of the United States, and a letter from the war de-

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partment ordering him to report at the rendezvous at Lancaster.
In compliance with this order he hastened to his post and im-
mediately entered upon the performance of his duties. From
this date until that of his retirement from the service, eight years
later, his career was one unbroken series of successes. He was
commissioned first lieutenant of the fifth regiment of infantry
April I, 1811. He had already served as judge advocate of the
southern army, under General Wade Hampton, since February
19, 1810, and continued so to act until appointed assistant adju-
tant general, June 24, 1812. On July 23 following, he was com-
missioned captain, and March 3, 1813, received his majority. In
June of this year he was appointed deputy postmaster general of
the United States forces, and he received his commission as lieu-
tenant colonel of the eleventh infantry January i, 1815. On May
3, 1816, Colonel Lee withdrew from the military service, and on
June 16, 1 8 17, he married Elizabeth Campbell, the daughter of an
episcopal minister, residing in Carlisle, Pa. The young couple
immediately removed to Nanticoke, Pa., where Colonel Lee had
purchased a farm of about one thousand acres. This land he after-
wards sold for one million two hundred thousand dollars. Here in
a comfortable mansion erected on the east bank of the Susque-
hanna river, at the very foot of the valley of Wyoming, they
began, passed and ended a half century of wedded life. In
December, 1867, just fifty years from the date of her first ac-
quaintance with the old homestead, Mrs. Lee died childless. Her
husband, full of years and feeble in health, bore with his loneli-
ness until May, 1869, when, at the urgent solicitation of his friends,
he removed to Wilkes-Barre. Here two years later, September
10, 1 87 1, ready and willing, he peacefully breathed his last. In
person Colonel Lee was tall and of dignified presence. His
gentle manners and courtly bearing greatly endeared him to all
who possessed his acquaintance. His habits were of the strict-
est simplicity. His mind had always been of a studious charac-
ter, and in the later years of his life he found refuge from his
isolation in his acquaintance with the philosophy and classics of
the ancients. He was the impersonation of integrity and recti-
tude. He possessed his faculties to the very end, and with the
utmost composure saw the approach of that messenger from
whose coming old and young alike shrink with dread.

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FRANCIS McSHANE.

Francis McShane, who was admitted to the Philadelphia bar
March i, 1802, was admitted to the Luzerne county bar, Pa.,
August 8, 1810. He was a native of Philadelphia, where he was
born in 1779. and was a son of Barnabas McShane, of Phila-
delphia. In 181 1 he erected a small cut-nail manufactory in
VVilkes-Barre, and used anthracite coal in smelting the iron. He
conducted a successful business for two or three years, selling
nails by wholesale or retail, to suit purchasers. On January 18,
1 813, he was appointed a justice of the peace for the townships
of Hanover, Newport and Wilkes-Barre. His wife was Frances
Bulkeley, daughter of Eliphalet Bulkeley, a native of Colchester,
Conn. (For further particulars regarding the Bulkeley family see
page 287.) Mr. McShane died in 1815, and his widow subse-
quently married Colonel Henry F. Lamb. Mr. McShane left no
children. Hon. Robert McShane, who died at Pointe Coupee,
La., October 18, 1811, was judge of that parish. He was a brother
of Francis McShane, and was born in Philadelphia in 1780. He
was admitted to the bar there December 26, 1803.

Judge Cooper was succeeded by Seth Chapman, who took his
seat, and first held court in Luzerne at August term, 181 1. He
continued to preside in the county until 181 3. The last term of
court at which he presided in Luzerne was April term, 1813.

SETH CHAPMAN.

Seth Chapman, the third president judge of Luzerne county.
Pa., held his first court in Wilkes-Barre at the August term,
181 1. His letter of acceptance is as follows :

Newtown, July i6th, 1811.
Sir: I this day received yours of the nth inst, inclosing a
commission from the Governor of President Judge of the Court

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of Common Pleas of the Eighth district of Pennsylvania, and m
answer beg you will please to inform his Excellency, the Gover-
nor, that I sincerely thank him for the good opinion he has been
pleased to entertain of me, and that I accept the commission with
great diffidence, fearing that my abilities are not competent for
the performance of the duties of so delicate and important an
office upon my part. Integrity, industry and impartiality shall
not be wanting, but that I shall sometimes err in the decision of
law questions must be expected, as it has been the lot of all
human Judges.

I am respectfully your obedient servant,
James Trimble, Esq. S. Chapman.

His district embraced the counties of Luzerne, Lycoming and
Northumberland, and subsequently Union county. He was the
son of John Chapman, M. D., and was born in Wrightstown,
Bucks county. Pa., January 23, 1771. He was a Hneal descend-
ant of the "first settler," John Chapman, who came from the town
of Stannah, in Yorkshire, England, and took up his residence in
the woods of Wrightstown, Pa. Being a staunch Friend, and
having suffered numerous persecutions for opinion's sake, includ-
ing loss of property, he resolved to find a new home in the wilds
of Pennsylvania. Leaving home June 21, 1684, he sailed from
Aberdeen, Scotland, and reached Wrightstown sometime toward,
the close of December. Until he was able to build a log house,
he and his family lived in a cave, where twin sons were born
February 12, 1685. Game from the woods supplied them with
food until crops were grown, and often the Indians, between whom
and the Chapmans there was the most cordial friendship, were
the only reliance. A stone erected at his grave bore the follow-
ing inscription :

Behold John Chapman, that Cliristian man, who first hegan

To settle in this town; ,
From worldly cares and doubtful fears, and Satan's snares,

Is here laid down;
His soul doth rise above the skies in Paradise,

There to wear a lasting crown.

Judge Chapman received his early education at a school in Up-
per Makefield township, in his native county. At an early age he
removed to Norristown, Pa., and was there admitted to the bar
at September term, 1791. After his appointment as judge by

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Governor Snyder, he removed to the town of Northumberland,
where he continued to reside until 1833, when he resigned his
seat on the bench. An effort was made to impeach him for mis-
demeanor in office in 1826, but he was acquitted by the senate,
twenty-six senators voting not guilty, five voting guilty. At the
time Judge Chapman took his seat Judge Cooper caused to be
served on him a notice that if he should presume to exercise the
duties of president judge he (Cooper) would make application
to the Supreme Court for a writ of quo warranto. Accompanying
this notice was an elaborate argument contending that the whole
proceedings of the legislature and governor in removing him
were unconstitutional, and as a consequence the commission of
Judge Chapman was absolutely void and of no validity. There
is little in the term of service of Judge Chapman worth noting.
The members of the bar, as well as suitors and the public, soon
made the discovery that Judge Cooper was not on the bench.
He could not be reckoned a talented man, and was a judge of
inferior abilities, lacking courage and firmness, besides being in-
dolent. The people of Luzerne soon found that they had made
a losing bargain by the exchange of Cooper for Chapman. Judge
Chapman presided in this county until 1813, and was succeeded
by John Bannister Gibson.

GARRICK MALLERY.

Garrick Mallery, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county. Pa., Augusts, 181 1, was born in Middlebury, Conn.,
April 17, 1784, and died in Philadelphia, Pa., July 6, 1866.
He was of unmixed descent from the early English settlers of
New England, being in direct line from Peter Mallery, who arrived
in Boston in 1638 and went to New Haven settlements with Rev.
Theophilus Eaton's company in 1644. Through his mother,
Hannah Minor, he was in direct descent from Thomas Minor,
who was a member of John Winthrop's company in 1630. Several
of his ancestors were military officers in the colonial service and

io84 Garrick Mallery.

in the revolutionary war. He graduated at Yale College in
1808, and after a term at Litchfield Law School read law in
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., with Judge Welles. He was elected from
Luzerne county to the legislature of Pennsylvania in the years
1826, 1827, 1828, and 1829, being distinguished for promoting
the internal improvement and establishing the prison discipline
systems of this state. From 181 1 to 1832 he was one of the
trustees of the Wilkes-Barre Academy. In 1 83 1 he was appointed
by Governor Wolf president judge of the third judicial district,
composed of the counties of Berks, Northampton, and Lehigh, but
resigned in 1836 and removed to Philadelphia, where he prac-
ticed law and for several years immediately before his death held
the office of master in chancery of the Supreme Court of Penn-
sylvania. In 1840 Judge Mallery received the degree of LL. D.
from Lafayette College. He was thrice married; first, in June

181 1, at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., to Sylvina Pierce, daughter of Colonel

Lord Butler, born March 5, 1874, died 1824, by whom he

had five children, born in Wilkes-Barre, viz : Pierce Butler, born

1812, died 1838; Amelia, died in childhood; Priscilla Lee, born
October 6, 1 8 16, died April 8, 1844; Charles Bronson, born 1820,
died May 6, 1848 ; Edward Garrick, born 1824, died May 27, 1852 ;
all of whom died without issue except Priscilla, who at Reading,
Pa., November 28, 1836, married William Strong, justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States, and left two daughters, Emily
Elizabeth, born February 5, 1838, who, October 14, 1874, married
James M. Flanagan, of Philadelphia; and Amelia Mallery, born
July 31, 1840, who in 1880 married Frank Slade, of New York
city. Second, he was married June 30, 1830, at Harrisburg, Pa.,
to Catherine Julia, daughter of Dr. Henry Hall, born August 14,
1804, died July xj; 1832, at Reading, Pa., by whom he had one
son, Garrick, born April 23, 1831, in Wilkes-Barre, now captain
and brevet lieutenant colonel United States army, and ethnol-
ogist in the bureau of ethnology, living at Washington, D. C,
who, April 14, 1870, at Richmond, Va., was married to Helen
Marian, daughter of Rev. A. V. Wyckofif, of New Brunswick,
N. J., born February 12, 1849, ^t Prattsville, N. Y. Third, he
was married June 27, 1838, at Philadelphia, to Jeannette, daughter
of Dr. John C. Otto, by whom he had four children, born in

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Philadelphia, viz : Eliza, born September 23, 1839, died July 18,
1872; John Conrad, born October 21,1 843 ; James Dundas, born
September i, 1845, died November 24, 1869; and Isabel Augusta,
born December 6, 1847, died August 7, 1855, who have all died
unmarried except John C, now captain of the corps of engineers
United States army, who was married at Cincinnati, Ohio, June
27, 1873, to Anna L., daughter of A. S. Winslow.

Garrick, son of Garrick, soldier and ethnologist, was born in
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., April 23, 1831. Through his mother, Catharine
J. Hall, he was descended from John Harris, founder of Harrisburg,
Pa., and William Maclay, first United States senator from Penn-
sylvania. He was graduated at Yale College in 1850, in 1853
received the degree of LL. B. from the University of Pennsyl-
vania, and the same year was admitted to the bar of Philadel-
phia, where he practiced law and engaged in editorial work until
the first call for troops in the civil war, when he entered the vol-
unteer service, his first commission, that of first lieutenant, dating
from April 15, 1861. By subsequent promotions he rose to the
rank of lieutenant colonel and brevet colonel, and at the reorgan-
ization of the regular army in 1 870 was appointed captain of the
First United States infantry. He was twice severely wounded and
received three promotions by brevet for gallantry in action. In
the reconstruction period in 1869 and 1870, being on military
duty in Virginia as judge advocate on the staff of the successive
generals commanding, he was appointed to both the offices of
secretary of state and adjutant general of the state of Virginia,
with the rank of brigadier general. In August, 1870, he was the
first officer detailed by the secretary of war for duty with the
chief signal officer of the army at Washington to carry into effect
the then recent legislation initiating the meteorological duties of
the signal service. His rank being next to that of General Myer,
he was for long periods in charge of the bureau, and was its
executive officer during the remainder of the time, until August,
1876, when he was ordered to the command of Fort Rice in
Dakota Territory, and there made investigations into the picto-
graphs and mythologies of the North American Indians, which
led to his order on June 13, 1877, by the secretary of war, at the
request of the secretary of the interior, to report to Major J. W.

io86 Alphonso C. Stewart.

Powell, then in charge of the geological survey of the Rocky-
Mountain region, for duty in connection with the ethnology of
the North American Indians. In this work he has continued,
being on July i, 1879, retired from active service on account of
wounds received in action, and thus left at liberty to accept the
appointment of ethnologist of the bureau of ethnology on its
organization at Washington in that year, which office he still
holds. General Mallery is an honorary or active member of several
scientific and literary societies in Europe, as well as in the United
States, and was a founder and president of the anthropological
society and of the Cosmos club, both [of Washington. He has
contributed largely to periodical literature, but his most import-
ant works, some of which have been translated, are the following :
"A Calendar of the Dakota Nation" (Washington, 1877) ; "The
Former and Present Number of our Indians" (Salem, 1878);
"Introduction to the Study of Sign Language Among the North
American Indians as Illustrating the Gesture Speech of Mankind"
(Washington, 1880) ; "A Collection of Gesture-Signs and Signals
of the North American Indians, with some Comparisons" (1880);
"Sign Language among North American Indians, Compared with
that Among Other Peoples and Deaf Mutes" (1881); "Picto-
graphs of the North American Indians" (1886).

ALPHONSO C. STEWART.

Alphonso C. Stewart, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county. Pa., August 8, 18 12, was previously admitted to the bar
of Berks county, Pa. After his admission here he removed to
that part of Luzerne now embraced in the county of Bradford,
and at the opening of the courts of the last named county, in
January, 1813, he was present. The end of Stewart was a tragic
one. About 18 17 he removed to Belleville, 111., where for some
reason one Bennett proposed to him to fight a sham duel. The
guns were loaded by individuals who put no balls in either
weapon, but before reaching the ground selected for the duel to

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take place Bennett stepped to one side and put a ball into his
rifle and Stewart fell mortally wounded. Bennett made his
escape but was apprehended about a year after, tried, convicted,
and executed.

GEORGE DENISON.

George Denison, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county, Pa., April 7, 1813, was a descendant of William Deni-
son, who was born in England about 1586, came to America in
163 1 and settled in Roxbury, Mass., having with him his wife,
Margaret, his three sons, Daniel, Edward and George, and John
Eliot, who seems to have been a tutor in his family. Mr. Eliot
became pastor of the church in Roxbury and did missionary
work among the Indians. Mr. Denison was a deacon of the
Roxbury church. He had been liberally educated and his sons
were also carefully educated. He died in Roxbury January 25,
1653. George Denison, son of William Denison, was born in
161 8, was married first in 1640 to Bridget Thompson, daughter
of John Thompson, gent, of Preston, Northamptonshire, Eng-
land, whose widow, Alice, had come to America and settled in
Roxbury. The wife, Bridget, died in 1643. George Denison
then went to England, served under Cromwell in the army of the
Parliament, won distinction, was wounded atNaseby, was nursed
at the house of John Borodell,Cork, Ireland, by his daughter Ann,
was married to Ann, returned to Roxbury, and finally settled at
Stonington, Conn. George Denison died in Hartford October
23, 1694, while there on some special business. His wife, Ann
Borodell, died September 26, 171 2, aged ninety-seven years.
They were both remarkable for magnificent personal appearance
and for force of mind and character. They held a foremost place
in Stonington. At the time of their marriage, in 1645, she was
thirty years old and he twenty-seven. He has been described as
"the Myles Standish of the settlement," but he was a greater and
more brilliant soldier than Standish. He had no equal in any
of the colonies for conducting a war against the Indians except-

io83 George Denison.

ing, perhaps, Captian John Mason. Miss Calkins, in her history
of New London, says of him : "Our early history presents no
character of bolder and more active spirit than Captain George
Denison ; he reminds us of the bordermen of Scotland." In
emergencies he was always in demand, and he was almost con-
stantly placed in important public positions. George Denison,
son of George Denison and Ann, his wife, was born in 1653.
He married Mercy Gorham, daughter of Captain John Gorham,
whose wife was Desire Rowland, daughter of John Rowland, of
the May Flower. They lived in Westerly, R. I. Joseph Deni-
son, son of George Denison, was baptized November 14, 1683,
was married February 17, 1707, to Prudence Minor, daughter of
Dr. Joseph Minor. Re lived and died in Stonington, Conn.
Nathan Denison, son of Joseph Denison, was born February 20,
1 7 16, was married to Ann Carey, daughter of Eleazer Carey,
of Windham, Conn., where he settled. He married second,
March 15, 1778, Hannah P'uller, and about the year 1800 he
went to Kingston, Pa., where he died March 10, 1803. His chil-
dren were all by his first wife. Colonel Nathan Denison, son of
Nathan Denison, was born January 25, 1741. Re emigrated to
Pennsylvania in 1769, and April i of that year, was married to
Elizabeth Sill, eldest daughter of Jabez Sill. The knot was tied
in a log cabin which stood on the corner of River and South
streets in this city, where the residence of Reuben J. Flick now
stands, and was the first white marriage in Wyoming. Colonel
Denison commanded the left wing of the patriot forces in the battle
and massacre of Wyoming, July 3, 1778. The terms of capitu-
lation were signed by him and the articles are in the following
language :

Westmoreland, July 4th, 1778.

Capitulation made and completed between Major John Butler,
on behalf of his Majesty, King George the Third, and Colonel
Nathan Denniston, of the United States of America.
I Art. I. That the inhabitants of the settlement lay down their
arms, and the garrisons be demolished.

2d. That the inhabitants are to occupy their farms peaceably,
and the lives of the inhabitants preserved intire and unhurt.

3d. That the continental stores be delivered up.

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4th. That Major Butler will use his utmost influence that the
private property of the inhabitants shall be preserved intire to
them.

5th. That the prisoners in Forty Fort be delivered up, and that
Samuel Finch, now in Major Butler's possession, be delivered up
also.

6th. That the property taken from the people called Tories, up
the river, be made good, and they to remain in peaceable pos-
session of their farms, unmolested, in a free trade in and through-
out this state as far as lies in my power.

7th. That the inhabitants that Colonel Denniston now capitul-
ates for, together with himself, do not take up arms during the pres-
ent contest.

Nathan Denison,

John Butler.
ZuRAH Beech,
Samuel Gustin,
John Johnson,
William Caldwell.

Colonel Denison was a man 6f strong ability and character,
and stood among the foremost in the region where he lived. In
1774 he was appointed a justice of the peace for the township of
Westmoreland, in the colony of Connecticut, and on June i,
1778, he was appointed one of the judges for the county of West-
moreland, in the state of Connecticut. In 1776, 1778, I779and 1780
he was one of the members from Westmoreland to the Connecticut
assembly. He was also a member of the council or member of
the Pennsylvania assembly from Luzerne county for the years
1787, 1788 and 1789; and was also appointed, August 17, 1791,
one of the associate judges of Luzerne county. He died at Kings-
ton January 25, 1809. Lazarus Denison Shoemaker, of this city,
is a grandson of Colonel Nathan Denison, through his eldest daugh-
ter Elizabeth S., who married Elijah Shoemaker, jr. Judge Den-
ison was one of the most prominent men of his day. Doctor
Peck in his " History of Early Methodism," says : " Colonel
Denison and his lady and three daughters became members of
the Methodist church. He was a man of great influence in the
county, of which sufficient proof was given by the responsible

iCigo George Denison.

positions which he was called by his fellow citizens to fill. He was
a kind hearted and ardently pious man. His house was open to
the weary itinerants, and too much could scarcely be done by
the family for their comfort. All the preachers made it a place
of rest and refreshment, while several at different times were
quartered there as a regular boarding place. The colonel died in
great peace. His excellent lady survived him several years, and
then followed him to the abodes of the blessed. The venerable
Asbury was there several times entertained, as we learn from his
journal." George Denison, third son of Colonel Nathan Deni-
son, was born in Kingston, Pa., February 22, 1790. He was
educated at the Wilkes-Barre Academy, then under the charge
of Garrick Mallery. In his minority he served as the deputy
of his brother, Colonel Lazarus Denison, the register and re-
corder of Luzerne count}^, and on April 30, 1 812, he was himself
appointed to these offices for a term of three years. From 181 1
to 1814 he was clerk of the Wilkes-Barre borough council, and
was for many years a member of the council, serving as its presi-
dent in 1823 and 1824. In 18 18 he was elected a member of the
board of trustees of the Wilkes-Barre Academy, and served
until his death. In 1815 he was elected to the legislature of
Pennsylvania and reelected in 1816, 1827, 1828, 1829 and 1830.
He was a member of congress from 181 8 to 1822. In 1824 he
was appointed deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania. In
1828 he was one of the presidential electors on the Adams ticket.
From May, 1829, to May, 1830, he was burgess of the borough
of Wilkes-Barre. On May 30, 18 16, he married Caroline Bow-
man, daughter of Ebenezer Bowman. (See page 1050) They
had three children. His youngest son, Rev. Henry Mande-
vile Bowman, married Alice, daughter of President John Tyler.
Mr. Denison died August 20, 1832. His wife died July i, 1833.
It is believed that all their children are now deceased.

By the act of March 24, 1812, the eleventh judicial district
was formed and originally included the counties of Bradford
Susquehanna, Tioga and Wayne. The governor was directed
to appoint a president of the district and two judges for each

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county, their jurisdiction and authority to begin after the second
Tuesday in the following October. By the act of March 12,
1 813, Luzerne was attached to and made part of the eleventh
district; the president of said district and the associate judges
of the county to hold the several courts. Under this change the
first term of court was held in July 181 3 and was presided over
by Judge Bannister Gibson. He continued to be president judge
until June, 18 16, when he was commissioned one of the justices
of the Supreme Court. The last term of court held by him in
Luzerne as president was April term 18 16.

JOHN BANNISTER GIBSON.

John Bannister Gibson, the fourth president judge of Luzerne
county, Pa., was the son of Lieutenant Colonel George Gibson, a
native of Lancaster, Pa., where he was born October 10, 1747.
He received an academic education, entered a mercantile house
in Philadelphia, and made several voyages as supercargo to the
West Indies. When the revolution began he raised a company
and was appointed captain in a state regiment. His soldiers were
distinguished for good conduct and bravery, and were known in
the army as "Gibson's Lambs." In order to obtain a supply of
gunpowder he descended the Mississippi with twenty-five picked
men, and after a hazardous journey succeeded in accomplishing
his mission. On his return he was appointed to a command in a
Virginia regiment, joined General Washington before the evacu-
ation of New York, and was engaged in all the principal battles
of the campaign of 1778. He retired to his farm in Cumberland
county, Pa., after the war, and was county lieutenant until 1791,
when he took command of a regiment in the St. Clair expedition
against the Ohio Indians. At the battle of Miami, November 4,
I79i,he received a mortal wound, and died in Fort Jefferson, Ohio,
December 14, 1791.

John Bannister Gibson, who held his first court here at July
term, 181 3, was commissioned as president judge of the eleventh

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judicial district October 16, 1812. He was a native of Shear-
man's Valley, now in Perry county, Pa., where he was born No-
vember 8, 1780. He was educated at Dickinson College, Carlisle,
Pa., read law under Thomas Duncan, afterwards judge of the
Supreme Court of this state, was admitted to the bar of Cumber-
land county in 1803, practiced successively in Carlisle and Bea-
ver, Pa., and in Hagerstown, Maryland ; returning to Carlisle,
was elected by the then republican party in iSiOandagainin 181 1 to
the state legislature, in which he filled a prominent station, giving
a zealous support to the administrations of Governor Snyder and
President Madison. He was appointed president judge by Gov-
ernor Snyder, and resided here until June, 18 16, when he was
made an associate judge of the Supreme Court of this state. On
the death of Chief Justice Tilghman, in 1827, he became chief
justice, and held that position until 185 i. So distinguished was
his ability, learning and impartiality, that, after the adoption of
the amended constitution of 1838, in times of the highest and
bitterest party excitement, Governor Ritner, forgetting his per-
sonal and party feelings, and looking only to the qualifications
necessary for tliat high office, reappointed him chief justice of
this commonwealth. He sat on the supreme bench with twenty-
six different associates, of whom eighteen preceded him to the
grave. During the long period of his judicial labors he dis-
cussed and decided innumerable questions. His opinions are
found in no less than seventy volumes of reports, from 2 Sergeant
& Rawle to 7 Harris. At the time of his death he had been
longer in office than any contemporary judge in the world, and
in some points of character he had not his equal on the earth.
Such vigor, clearness and precision of thought were never before
united with the same felicity of diction. Brougham has sketched
Lord Stowell justly enough as the greatest judicial writer that
England could boast of for force and beauty of style. He selects
a sentence and calls on the reader to admire the remarkable ele-
gance of its structure. We believe that Judge Gibson never
wrote an opinion in his life from which a passage might not be
taken stronger, as well as more graceful in its tone of expression,
than this which is selected with so much care by a most zealous
friend from all of Lord Stowell's. His written language was a

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transcript of his mind. It gave the world the very form and
presence of his thoughts. It was accurate because he knew the
exact boundaries of the principles he discussed. His style was
rich, but he never turned out of his way for figures of speech.
He never sacrificed sense to sound, or preferred ornament to
substance. His words were always precisely adapted to the sub-
ject. He said neither more nor less than just the thing he ought.
When a legal principle passed through his hands he sent it forth
clothed in a dress which fitted it so exactly that nobody ever
presumed to give it any other. Almost universally the syllabus
of his opinion is a sentence from itself; and the most heedless
student, in looking over Wharton's Digest, can select the cases
in which Gibson delivered the judgment as readily as he could
pick out gold coins from among coppers. For this reason it is
that, though he was the least voluminous writer of the court, the
citations from him at the bar are more numerous than from all
the rest put together. An opinion of his was an unbroken chain
of logic from beginning to end. His argumentation was always
characterized by great power, and sometimes it rose into irresistible
energy, dashing opposition to pieces with force like that of a bat-
tering ram. He was inflexibly honest. The judicial ermine was
as unspotted when he laid it aside for the habiliments of the
grave as it was when he first assumed it. Next after his wonder-
ful intellectual endowments, the benevolence of his heart was the
most marked feature of his character. His was a most genial
spirit; affectionate and kind to his friends, and magnanimous to
his enemies. Benefits received by him were engraved on his mein-
ory as on a tablet of brass; injuries were written in sand. He
never let the sun go down upon his wrath. He lacked the
quality which Dr. Johnson admired. He was not a good hater.
His accomplishments were very extraordinary. He was a born
musician, and the natural talent was highly cultivated. He was
a connoisseur in painting and sculpture. The whole round of
English literature was familiar to him. He was at home among
the ancient classics. He had a perfectly clear perception of all
the great truths of natural science. He had studied medicine
carefully in his youth, and understood it well. His mind ab-
sorbed all kinds of knowledge with scarcely an effort.

I094 John Bannister Gibson.

Judge Gibson was well appreciated by his fellow citizens ; not
so highly as he deserved, for that was scarcely possible. But
admiration of his talents and respect for his honesty were uni-
versal sentiments. This was strikingly manifested when he was
elected, in 185 1, with no emphatic political standing, and without
manners, habits or associations calculated to make him popular
beyond the circle that knew him intimately. With all these dis-
advantages, it is said, he narrowly escaped what might have been
a dangerous distinction — a nomination on both of the opposing
tickets — and was the only one of the former incumbents who was
nominated by the democratic party, remaining on the bench as
an associate justice until his death.

His residence in Wilkes-Barre was on Northampton street,
between Franklin and Main, now occupied by Mrs. Hugh Mur-
ray, and next door to the residence of Agib Ricketts, Esq. In
the hours of relaxation from the exercise of official .duties and his
law and literary reading, he seemed to take especial pleasure, in
company with his scientific friend, the late Jacob Cist, Esq., to
visit different portions of the valley, note its geological structure,
particularly the extent and position of the anthracite coal de-
posits, then, from the praiseworthy experiments of Judge Fell
and their fortunate results, just beginning to merge into importance,
and also with more than common curiosity and deHght to visit
the remains of the ancient Indian fortifications. In one of their
excursions to examine the large fortification on the farm late of
James Hancock, in Plains township, they found a medal bearing
on one side the impress of King George I., dated 1714, the year
in which he began his reign, and on the other side the likeness
of an Indian chief He was one of the trustees of the Wilkes-
Barre Academy from 1814 to 1817, two years of which time he
was president.

When called to the supreme bench his departure from Wilkes-
Barre was regarded with emotions of mingled pleasure and regret.
All were glad at the occurrence of an event so propitious to him
personally, and promising increased utility to that elevated tri-
bunal, yet all were sorry to part with him either as a judge or
citizen.

He married, in 18 10, Sarah W. Galbraith, of East Pennsboro

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township, Cumberland county, Pa. She was the great-grand-
daughter of James Galbraith (son of John Galbraith), of Scotch
parentage, who was born in 1666, in the north of Ireland, from
whence he emigrated in 17 18, settling in Conestoga (afterwards
Donegal) township, then Chester county, province of Pennsyl-
vania. He was one of the founders of old Derry church, a man
of prominence, and the head of a remarkable family. His wife
was Rebecca Chambers. He died August 23, 1744. James
Galbraith, son of James Galbraith, was born in 1703, in the north
of Ireland. He took up a tract of land in now Derry township,
Dauphin county, Pa., on Spring creek, in 1737. He became a
man of note on the frontiers, and the early provincial records of
Pennsylvania contain frequent reference to him ; was elected
sheriff of the county in 1742; for many years was one of the
justices for the county of Lancaster, and served as an officer
during the Indian wars, 17SS-1763; towards the revolutionary
period removed to Cumberland county. He married, April 6,
1734, Elizabeth Bertram, daughter of Rev. William Bertram. He
died June 11, 1786, in East Pennsboro township, Cumberland
county, Pa. Andrew Galbraith, son of James Galbraith, was
born about 1750, in Derry township, and died about 1806, in
East Pennsboro township. His wife was Barbara Kyle, daugh-
ter of John Kyle, of Donegal township, Lancaster county, Pa.
These were the parents of Mrs. Gibson. Mr. and Mrs. Judge
Gibson left a family of five children, two sons and three daugh-
ters. Judge Gibson died in Philadelphia May 3, 1853.

THOMAS BLEASDALE OVERTON.

Thomas Bleasdale Overton, who was admitted to the bar of
Luzerne county. Pa., December 31, 181 3, was a native of Man-
chester, England, where he was born May 21, 1 79 1. He prac-
ticed law in this city and died at Mobile, Alabama, about 18 19.
He was a brother of Edward Overton, of the Luzerne bar. He

1096 Henry King.

married, in 181 3, in this city, Anna Maria Hodkinson, a native <
Honduras, who came to this country in 179 1 at the age of eig]
years to be educated, but never returned home. Mr. and Mi
Overton had two daughters, both of whom are now decease
The eldest, a maiden lady, died at Towanda April 21, 1886, ar
the youngest, Ann Heartly, became the wife of Matthias Holle:
back Laning. She died in Towanda, October 30, 1877.

CHARLES CATLIN.

Charles Catlin, the eldest son of Putman Catlin, was admits
to the bar of Luzerne county, Pa,, March 28, 18 14. He w;
born in this city March 15, 1790. In 1819 he removed to Mon
rose. Pa., and resided there until his death. (See page 105 1.)

HENRY KING.

Henry King, whose ancestor, John King, came from Suffo
county, England, to this country about 1718, was admitted to tl
Luzerne county bar April 3, 1815. He was a native of Palme
Hampden county, Massachusetts, where he was born July
1790. In 1812 he moved to this city and prepared for the bar
the office of Garrick Mallery. Shortly after his admission 1
removed to AUentown, Pa., where he was for some time the on
lawyer. In 1825 he was elected to the state senate for the ter
of four years, upon the expiration of which he was again electe
In 1830, before his second term expired, he was chosen a repr
sentative in congress, which position he filled from 1831 to 183
He died at AUentown July 13, 1861. Hon. Thomas Butl
King, of Georgia, was a brother of Henry King.

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THOMAS MEREDITH.

Thomas Meredith, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county, Pa., August 3, 18 16, was born in Philadelphia Sep-
tember 4, 1779. He was a descendent of Reese Meredith, of
Philadelphia, whose wife, Martha, was a daughter of John Car-
penter, of Philadelphia, and granddaughter of Samuel Carpenter,
provincial treasurer and an early, councillor. Samuel Meredith,
son of Reese Meredith, was born in Philadelphia in 1741, and
was educated at Dr. Allison's academy. He married Margaret
Cadwalader, a daughter of Thomas Cadwalader, the councillor.
He was a partner in business with his father and his brother-in-law,
George Clymer. He enlisted as major in the third battalion of
Associators in 1775. In December, 1776, he was made lieutenant
colonel and afterwards participated in the battle of Princeton.
As brigadier general of the Pennsylvania militia he served at
Brandywine and Germantown. He resigned in 1778 and was
subsequently a member of the assembly for several years, and a
member of the continental congress from 1786 to 1788. At the
organization of the federal government Washington appointed
him treasurer of the United States. He held the office more
than twelve years. The first money ever paid into the treasury
was twenty thousand dollars loaned by him to the government.
He subsequently loaned one hundred and forty thousand dollars.
He retired after 1801 to his seat called "Belmont," near Mount
Pleasant, Wayne county, Pa. He owned seventy-five thousand
acres of land in Wayne county, and sixty-seven thousand acres
in Luzerne, Lackawanna, and Wyoming counties, and George
Clymer and himself owned altogether nearly a million of acres
in Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia, and Kentucky.
He died at Belmont in 1817. Thomas Meredith was the only
son of Samuel and Margaret Meredith. He studied law with
John Read and was admitted to the Philadelphia bar in 1803, but
in 1805 removed to his father's residence, Belmont. He was a
major of Pennsylvania militia in the war of 1812. He also filled
the offices of prothonotary, register of wills, and recorder of

logS Thomas Burnside.

deeds for Wayne county from 1 821 to 1823. He afterwards lived
at Meredith cottage, in Carbondale township, in Luzerne (now
Lackawanna) county. He died at Trenton, New Jersey, April 22,
1855. He married September 19, 1823, Sarah, daughter of
William Gibson.

THOMAS BURNSIDE.

Thomas Burnside, the fourth president judge of Luzerne county,
Pa., succeeded Judge Gibson as president of the eleventh judicial
district. At a court held July 29, 1816, his commission dated
June 28, 1 8 16, was read and he took the oath. He continued to
preside at the regular terms of court from August term, 1816,
until April term, 1818. He resigned July 6, 1818. Thomas
Burnside was born at Newton Stewart, Ireland, July 28, 1782.
M. Auge in his " Lives of the Eminent Dead and Bipgraphical
Notices of Prominent Citizens of Montgomery county, Pa.,"
states that "Some years ago the author interviewed several of
our older inhabitants to learn what might linger in their mem-
ory as to the olden time. One of them stated that before the
commencement of the present century, there resided a short time
on Main street, near Stony Creek (Norristown), a Scotsman
named William Burnside, who adhered to the old continental
costume of looped-up hat, straight coat, buckskin breeches, with
long stockings and large silver shoe buckles. He had recently
arrived from the old country and stayed here a short time only,
before locating, as he afterwards did, near Fairview, in Lower
Providence township. Here he had several sons born to him.
•When quite a young man Thomas Burnside, son of William
Burnside, was thrown from a horse and had a limb broken. The
tedious hours of his confinement were therefore spent in reading,
and shortly after he entered upon the study of the law, which
was soon mastered, and he was admitted to the bar February 13,
1804. He did not long remain here, but went to Centre county.""
His parents emigrated to the United States in 1792, and set-
tled in the county of Montgomery, in this state. Thomas

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was apprenticed to a trade, but this not suiting his inclination or
ambition, he managed to lay by money sufficient to pay for one
year's schooling in the city of Philadelphia, and immediately after
commenced reading law with Hon. Robert Porter, from whose
office he was admitted to the bar of Philadelphia in 1804. In
March of that year he went west and settled permanently at
Bellefonte, Centre county, Pa., then on the frontier, and which he
always regarded as his home, though his occupation in after life
on the bench in different parts of the state called him away. He
at once commenced a lucrative practice, and in this laid the
foundation of that eminent position to which he attained in sub-
sequent years as a land lawyer. No man in Pennsylvania better
understood the land laws of his state than he. It is doubtful if
he had his equal. His name is intimately blended in the settle-
ment of titles to real estate in Pennsylvania. Warrants and sur-
veys, Indian purchases, tax titles and Yankee claims were fami-
liar matters with Thomas Burnside, and he was always regarded
as authority on these questions. Possessing that peculiar fervid
temperament which seems to belong eminently to the Scotch char-
acter be entered into the profession with great zeal, and at the
same time took an active part in the politics of the country,
which was then running at fever heat. He was of the Jefferson,
McKean and Snyder school in politics, and a leader. He repre-
sented his district in the state senate in 181 1, his first public
honor. Three years later he was sent to congress. At the close
of the session of 1816 he returned home, and in the summer of
that year he was appointed judge, as before stated. Hon. David
Scott succeeded him as president judge of this judicial district.
During his residence in Wilkes-Barre he was a great favorite
with the citizens from his social, genial habits. His duties on
the bench were discharged with signal ability, and he was
as popular with the bar as he was with the people of the
town. It was here that he formed that life-long intimacy with
the late George M. Hollenback, Esq. No two men were ever
more closely united in personal intimacy. It was, indeed, re-
markable, the friendship that existed between them. In 18 17 he
was elected a member of the borough council of Wilkes-Barre,
and was president of the council. Garrick Mallery, Samuel Maf-

iioo Thomas Burnside.

fit and Andrew Beaumont were also members of the council
that year.

Judge Burnside returned to Bellefonte in 1818 and resumed
his profession at the bar. In 1823, or thereabouts, he was again
elected to the senate of the state. During this term he was
speaker of that body. In 1826, while a member of the senate,
he was appointed president judge of the fourth district, which in-
cluded Centre county. Here he remained continuously on the
bench for fifteen years, discharging with great tact and signal
ability the delicate duties of his place. In 184 1 he was appointed,
on the death of Judge Fox, president judge of the Bucks and
Montgomery district. In 1845 he was commissioned by Gover-
nor Shunk as one of the justices of the supreme bench of the
state, where he remained till his death, which occurred on March
25, 1851, at the ripe age of three score and ten years. As an
advocate. Judge Burnside ranked in the profession more as a
substantial lawyer and profound jurist than what we understand
as an orator. He was strong before the jury. No man had a
better knowledge of human nature. In his intercourse in the dif-
ferent positions of life he had acquired that important element
of success in all occupations, of knowing the character, and
weighing them too, of the masses. That crowning feature of the
human intellect, which Pope has defined as the greatest acquisi-
tion, the knowledge of man, was the predominating element in
the well balanced mind of Thomas Burnside. As a judge, he
ever aimed at the all important point of administering fair and
impartial justice. He had a contempt for legal technicalities when
they crossed the beaten track of equity. His whole mind seemed
occupied with the noble desire of rendering equal and exact jus-
tice, and in carrying it out, to disregard the cobweb meshes which
sometimes intervene between right and wrong. His opinions
were short and terse, always to the point, and not clouded by a
multiplicity of verbiage. He was a man of strong impulses, and
maintained his opinions most strenuously. This one can afford
to do when in the right. Judge Burnside was a most agreeable
man in his social relations. He enjoyed a joke, and in turn he
could give one. Some of his anecdotes are still fresh in the
minds of those who survive him in this city, though over half a

David Scott. iioi

century has intervened since he left the bench of this county.
This biographical notice may be summed up in saying : That
Judge Burnside was a genuine and acknowledged example of the
men who in the early history of the country gave the stamp and
impression upon their age, as one marked by stern necessity,
simple manners, generous in hospitality, and whose professional
labors far exceeded the compensation awarded to them ; the type
of a race of men, if not extinct, at least adulterated by the cus-
toms and manners and practices of the age succeeding them ; a
character, resulting from the close economy and limited means
of their day and generation ; their descendants have acquired
lessons of ease and prodigality unknown to their ancestors. A
judge now receives four times the salary of one in the days of
Burnside, and very probably does not do half the labor of a judge
of that time. Of the lawyers and judges of the forepart of the
nineteenth century, Thomas Burnside may be justly compared
with the best of them in ability, learning and honesty of purpose.
In these particulars he was an ornament to the legal profession,
and his ermine as a judge maintained its purity to the. close of
his eventful life. He left to survive him ten children. His wife
was Miss Mary Fleming, of Bellefonte.

JOSIAH H. MINER.

Josiah H. Miner was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county.
Pa., October 31, 18 16. He was principal of the Wilkes-Barre
Academy for a short period, and in 18 16 served as one of the
trustees of the same. He died of consumption March 14, 1818.

DAVID SCOTT.

By the act of February 25, 1818, the counties of Bradford,
Susquehanna, and Tioga were taken from the eleventh judicial
district and formed into a separate district — the thirteenth. By

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the act of March 26, 18 14, the county of Pike had been erected
out of a part of Wayne and was attached to the eleventh
district. Hence, after the creation of the thirteenth district the
eleventh consisted of the counties of Luzerne, Pike, and Wayne.
The county of Monroe was erected in 1836 and attached to the
eleventh district. David Scott, commissioned July 7, 181 8, suc-
ceeded Judge Burnside as president of the eleventh district
as constituted in 181 8. As such he presided in the courts of
Luzerne from August term, 1818, to January term, 1838. He
resigned March 17, 1838, on account of deafness. Judge Scott
was succeeded by William Jessup, who was commissioned April
7, 1838. (For a sketch of Judge Scott's life see page 392).

EDWARD OVERTON.

Edward Overton, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county, Pa., August 5, 1818, was a native of Chthers, Lanca-
shire, England, where he was born December 30, 1795. His
father was Thomas Overton, from Wales, and his mother Mary
Bleasdale, of Lancashire, England. Mr. Overton was educated
at Kirkby, Lonsdale, Westmoreland, England, and read law with
his uncle, Giles Bleasdale, barrister, London, England. He
practiced law in this city, at Athens and Towanda, in Bradford
county, Pa. He married in this city, May 13, 1818, Eliza Cly-
mer, a daughter of Henry Clymer, son of George Clymer, who
was born in Philadelphia in 1739— a' signer of the declaration of
independence, one of the framers of the constitution of the United
States, first president of the bank of Philadelphia, and first presi-
dent of the academy of fine arts, first continental treasurer;
served four years in congress. He also filled other responsible
positions in connection with the government. He died at Mor-
risville. Pa., January 23, 18 13. The mother of Mrs. Overton was
Mary Willing, a daughter of Thomas Willing, a partner of Rob-
ert Morris, mayor of Philadelphia, president of the first chartered
bank of America, and president of the first bank of the United
States. Edward Overton died at Towanda October 17, 1878.

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GEORGE CATLIN.

George Catlin was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county, Pa.,
January 4, 1819. He was the fifth child of Putnam Catlin. (See
page 105 1). He was born in this city July 26, 1796. During the
first fifteen years of his boyhood he lived much with nature, and
became an accomplished hunter and sportsman. He says : " In
my early youth I was influenced by two predominant and invet-
erate propensities, viz., for hunting and fishing. My father and
mother had great difficulty in turning my attention from these to
books." His only education was that usual for the sons of per-
sons of means in the colonies, but it was supervised by the
counsel of his judicious father, and added to by the constant care
of his mother, from whom, unquestionably, he received his artis-
tic taste and love of nature. Of the story of his boyhood days
nothing is preserved save a few notes in his own publications,
but in the surroundings of his youth we see the beginning of the
germ that developed into the future Indian enthusiast. His early
life in New York and in the valley of Wyoming was filled with
legends and traditions of the red men. Long winter nights were
spent by the fireside with sturdy pioneers, whose conversation
was of midnight raids and assaults by day. Hospitality was the
watchword of his father, and the traveling stranger was welcomed
with open hands to the family table. Revolutionary soldiers,
Indian fighters, trappers, hunters and explorers were constant
guests, and young George, with hungering mind, eagerly caught
up the stories and preserved traditions. Coupled with this were
days spent in the harvest fields, where the noonday rest was the
time for stories of the early settlement, which will account for the
sturdy desire for Indian adventure which later years satisfied.
His description of his boyhood home from his tenth to his
twentieth year best expresses one reason for the acquirement of
his desire for romantic life and research amongst the Indians :
"My father's plantation (farm), in the picturesque little valley of
the Ouaquaga, on the banks of the Susquehanna river, hemmed
in with huge mountains on either side, * * * though not

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the place of my nativity, was the tapis on which my boyish days
were spent, and rife with legends of Indian lore." Here he
received additional impressions from his surroundings and the
incidents he heard related, which gave him his love for the Indians.
Though the Indians had long since disappeared, legends and
stories of them were constantly told and kept before his boyish
mind the heroism and life of the red man, even then being pushed
toward the far west. His youthful fancy was thus fed by tradi-
tions, and his sight by objects which constantly fed his increasing
love of Indians and Indian romance. Sis father sold the New
York farm in 1808 and removed to one at Hopbottom. He
taught school for a while at Brooklyn, Susquehanna county, Pa.
In 1 8 17 he went to the law school of Reeves & Gould, at Litch-
field, Conn., where he remained until 1818. While there he
became noted as an amateur artist. While at law school in 18 18
Mr. Catlin painted a portrait of Judge Tapping Reeves. In
1 8 19 he returned to Pennsylvania, where he entered upon the
study and then the practice of the law in the courts of Luzerne
and adjoining counties. All the time, however, his taste for art
was growing, and his dislike for the irksome exactions of the law
increasing. Of this in 1861 he writes : "During this time (while
practicing law from 1820 to 1823) another and stronger passion
was getting the advantage of me, that for painting, to which all
my love of pleading soon gave way ; and after having covered
nearly every inch of the lawyers' tables (and even encroached
upon the judge's bench), with penknife, pen and ink and pencil
sketches of judges, jurors and culprits, I very deliberately resolved
to convert my law library into paint pots and brushes, and to
pursue painting as my future and apparently more agreeable
profession." In 1871 Mr. Catlin related an incident to Prof. Jo-
seph Henry in connection with his attempt to practice law at
Wilkes- Barre : "My first case was the defense of an Irishman
who was arraigned for stealing a hand saw and broad axe. The
prisoner acknowledged to me that he stole the articles, but not-
withstanding this, by making the worse appear the better cause,
I succeeded in convincing the jury that he was not guilty. The
man afterwards asked me whether or not I had informed the jury
that he had stolen the articles. ' No,' was the answer ; to which

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the client replied : 'How then did they acquit me ? Did you not
say that to get me clear I must tell you the truth ?' " His sen-
sible father and mother did not interfere, and he went to Phila-
delphia to reside and practice the calling of an artist. He settled
in that city in 1823, and was at once admitted to the fellowship
of the fraternity of artists in that city. Thomas Sully, John Na-
gle, Charles Wilson and Rembrandt Peale became his friends.
He was entirely self taught as an artist. In the pursuit of his
calling he visited Washington, 1824 to 1829, painting some pub-
lic men and many of the first people of that city, notably Mrs.
Dolly Madison, in a turban, a picture which has been reproduced
many times. At Richmond in 1829-30 he painted the famous
constitutional convention of 1829 (one hundred and fifteen
figures) in session, with a key, a most comprehensive and exact
work, and invaluable, as it contains portraits of the distinguished
gentlemen who composed the convention. The portraits in it
are good, and the persons easily recognized. In Philadelphia he
was very popular as a miniature and portrait painter. He visited
Albany in 1828, and painted many of the members of the legis-
lature and other prominent men. He painted at that time a por-
trait of Governor DeWitt Clinton, which now hangs in the
governors' room in the city hall. New York. In the practice of
his art he was in New York, Buffalo, Norfolk, and other cities,
and for a long time before and after these duties was in the path
of all Indian delegations on the way to and returning from Wash-
ington. In the early days, when the Indian tribes were recog-
nized as separate nations, a frequent pilgrimage to the seat of
government under national auspices was an almost indispensable
element of control of the Indians. When the congress of the
confederation was in Philadelphia, and often while Washington
was president, delegations of Indians were constantly coming
and going. Red Jacket, Black Hawk, Keokuk, and other famous
Indians were familiar faces to its citizens. Mr. Catlin, in his
earlier years, was very ambitious in his art. He was constantly
searching for a special field in which he could become distin-
guished. In 1861, writing of this, he says: "I there (at Phila-
delphia) closely applied my hand to the labors of the art (painting)
for several years, during which time my mind was continually

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reaching for some branch or enterprise of the art on which to
devote a whole lifetime of enthusiasm, when a delegation of some
ten or fifteen noble and dignified looking Indians from the wilds
of the far west suddenly arrived in the city, arrayed and equipped
in all their classic beauty, with shield and helmet, with tunic and
manteau, tinted and tasseled off exactly for the painter's pallette."
This sight turned his thoughts toward his Indian gallery. Re-
flection upon the possibilities of Indian art confirmed his impres-
sions, and he determined to execute his idea of "Catlin's North
American Indian Gallery." Of this, in 1861, he writes: "In the
midst of success (as a painter) I again resolved to use my art
and so much of the labors of my future life as might be required
in rescuing from oblivion the looks and customs of the vanishing
races of native men in America, to which I plainly saw they were
hastening before the approach and certain progress of civiliza-
tion." It was a high and noble ambition, worthily conceived
and most faithfully executed. Mr. Catlin became an enthusiast
in his work, and necessarily so, for no one but an enthusiast could
have executed so difficult a task and so thoroughly. He hoped
and believed that his work would survive him, and throughout
his writmgs can be found the frequently occurring statement
that he was painting for the future. From 1829 to 1871, a period
of forty-two years, he entirely followed his life work. In all lands
and in all climes, in North and South America and in Europe,
his name was a familiar one from 1830 to 1871. In that time
he saw the dreams of his early manhood realized, and knew that
the world felt the influence of his work. Steadiness of character
and firmness of opinion were his aids ; with these and indomita-
ble courage he succeeded. His friends were many and faithful ;
his enemies few, and they from motives of self-interest. He was
never even comfortably off in money matters, relying for his live-
lihood upon his brush or his pen. He lived poor and died the
same. He received no pecuniary aid, governmental or indi-
vidual, in the prosecution of his work. He was a gentleman by
instinct and culture, and in all stations of life, whether on the
plains with the Indians, or in a palace with a king, he was at
home. He received many earthly distinctions and honors in his
lifetime, but none above his merit. The larger portion of his

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Indian Gallery is in the United States National Museum (Smith-
sonian Institution) at Washington, D. C. He was the author of
several works on Indian customs and manners and on general
subjects. He married, May 10, 1828, Clara B. Gregory, of
Albany, N. Y. Mr. Catlin died at Jersey City, N. J., December
23, 1872. Mrs. Catlin died in Paris July 28, 1845. Three chil-
dren survived the death of Mr. Catlin — Elizabeth Wing Catlin,
Clara Gregory Catlin, of New York, and Mrs. Louise Victoria
Kinney, of Washington, D. C.

ORISTUS COLLINS.

Oristus Collins, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne coun-
ty, Pa., April 8, 18 19, was born in Marlboro, Connecticut, Sep-
tember 22, 1792. His lineage on the father's side is distinctly
traceable to one John Collins, of Boston, Massachusetts, the date
of whose crossing the Atlantic and settlement in this country
has never been satisfactorily determined. The stock is supposed
to be English, but some things dispose to a doubt. The usual
stature, complexion, vigor, and length of life, in one and all, indi-
cate Irish blood. This doubt hardly had its origin in an amusing
anecdote, familiar to the judge's friends : An Irishman was tried
before him at Lancaster, Pa., and when he received his sentence,
a lighter penalty was imposed than the convicted man expected.
So great was his surprise, he complimented the judge by the
remark, that "he knew the 0' Collinses in Ireland, and they were
among the most respectable." The judge seldom, if ever, signed
his name in full — Oristus. With no little humor, he was pleased
to descant upon the names of his more immediate or remote rel-
atives : his brothers, Alonzo, Decius, Lucius, Lorenzo, Abner,
Theron, Aretas, or running further back — Cyprian, Ambrose,
Triphena, Homer, Cicero, Plato, and Virgil, Ruhamah, Hephsi-
bah, Sibyl, Asenath, even Tyrannus.

The first John, of Boston, is supposed to have been a merchant,
and this form of business appears to have marked the next two

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generations. But in the third following appeared a clergyman,
one Timothy, graduated from Yale College, class 171 8, a native
of Guilford, Connecticut, born 1699. He was the first pastor of
the Litchfield Congregational church, served 31 years, and then
retiring, for twenty years practiced medicine within the bounds
of his former charge, serving also acceptably as justice of the
peace in the same town. At the attack upon Crown Point, 1755,
Timothy was appointed surgeon of a Connecticut regiment. His
wife, Ann Leete, daughter of William Leete, was at this time
noted for her knowledge of one branch of surgery, midwifery ;
and it is recorded that in an extreme case she was drawn upon a
hand-sled four and one-half miles to relieve suffering. It is per-
haps worthy of remark that the home of the Leetes was distin-
guished as a place of retreat for Whalley and Goffe, the regicides
of Charles. So, also, that this William Leete, afterwards Gov-
ernor Leete, was bred to the law in England, and for a consider-
able time served as clerk in the Bishop's Court, in Cambridge.
Here, observing the oppression and cruelties practiced on the
Puritans, he was led to examine the subject, and giving up his
office he became a Puritan. Thus early did the religious element
appear in this family, in connection with independent thinking.

The law of heredity might lead us to expect, what we find
in the next generation, a physician in the son Charles, of whom,
however, we have little more than date of birth, marriage, etc.,
— his marriage into the distinguished family of Huntington;
the birth of ten children — one of whom became the mother of
the American poet, John Pierrepont, and Lewis, the eldest son,
father of Oristus. Lewis was born October 29, 1753. A physi-
cian of ability and repute, he married, for a second wife, into the
family of Huntington, and with a family of seven children set
out from New England for Pennsylvania, a colony of Connecti-
cut. A desire to withdraw his sons from the temptations of a
seafaring life disposed him to seek a home far from the Atlantic
coast, and in 1804 he settled permanently at Cherry Ridge,
Wayne county, Pennsylvania. There, amid no little responsibil-
ity on the farm, turning a hand to various employments, fruit
growing, sugar making, and bee culture, the boy Oristus ripened
into manhood, except in so far as he was afforded occasional edu-

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cational opportunities at Owego, New York, or at Litchfield,
Connecticut. It is narrated that, at a visit from a clergyman, the
father. Dr. Collins, was seen in the field making hay, having five
sons following him with scythes, and five raking and binding.

Oristus' mother, Louisa Huntington, a daughter of Hon. Oli-
ver Huntington, of Lebanon, Connecticut, brings into view a
line noted in the history of this country, and easily traceable to
the hunting grounds of Saxon, Dane, and Norman — that tract of
England lying between Cambridge on the east and Northampton
and Bedfordshire, on the west, filled with all kinds of English
game. This hunting ground gave a name to families of greatest
eminence and most distinguished culture, on both eastern and
western continents. Thence they have radiated, until they are
reckoned by thousands bearing, through marriage, names Bing-
ham, Backus, Carew, Chauncey, Clark, Crane, Fitch, Forbes,
Goodrich, Hyde, Lathrop, Lincoln, Leffingwell, Tracey, Wales,
Walworth, Wheelock, Wright. Says one biographer: "In five
of our states we have furnished members for political conven-
tions, in which state constitutions were made, or rati-fied, or
amended. In Connecticut we were represented by three of the
name, in the convention of 1.788, for ratifying the constitution of
the United States. In the convention of 1 818, we had another.
New York had two at work upon hers. Ohio, her second Gov-
ernor upon hers. New Hampshire, upon hers. As representa-
tives or senators, and they are about equally divided, we have
furnished not less than thirty for state legislatures, and a solid
half dozen for our national congress. Of judges of county courts,
superior judges, and federal and chief justices, we can count at
least fifteen. Nearly one hundred on our list have taken colle-,
giate honors, a number which, for its ratio to the entire list, is
probably unequaled by any other New England family. Our
ministers have exceeded one-third of our college list, and our
lawyers and doctors have nearly equaled one third each."

"In days when to cling to our country's cause was treason,
patriotism was our family trait. No threats of governmental ven-
geance and no seductions of governmental favor could, for a
moment, weaken or repress. It was no mean compliment that
General Washington, all through the war, made Jedediah a coun-

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selor and confidant. As regards the religious element of the
family, note such names in the church as Lyman, Strong, Griffin,
Perkins, Smith, and Baldwin, or of noble women, Winslow,
Hutchins, and Perry, whose names have a holy savor on heathen
soil." Whether the subject of this sketch had any connection
with the English poet, Collins, can not be determined. But there
is no question as regards his relation to Lydia M. Sigourney and
John Pierrepont. To justify so full a reference to the maternal
side, it may be well to quote. "Our sons and 'daughters, their
character and influence, made what it is more by maternal influ-
ence — these are the natural testimonials of the character and
worth of our mothers!' Of the boyhood of Oristus little is
known, as indicating his promise, unless it be the fact that as a
student at school it became quite habitual for him to pass from
school to school, having in each exhausted the stock of learning
possessed by the teacher to whom he was sent. Such unusual
rapidity of acquisition is confirmed by the appearance of his Latin
grammar, which shows no signs of beingthumbed, but is as clean as
on the day of its purchase. In six weeks from commencing Latin,
he had read Virgil. It was with an eye twinkling with conscious
ability or caustic criticism, he was wont to remark to the youths
in his family that "he was graduated at the foot of sign posts
and grave stones." His hand writing had much of the elegance
of engraving, and even in his old age remained distinct and legi-
ble. His style of composition was concise and clear; careful,
but easy and graceful ; free from all attempts at adornment ;
severe in its logic, showing self discipline and a due sense of
responsibility to his own keen criticism. Indeed, he was wont
to remark that he did not see that there was any reason, but lazi-
ness or incompetency, which should render criticism by another
necessary to the improvement of one's style. He was early con-
versant with the wide field of English literature; had read all the
British poets and essayists. With metaphysics, as such, he had
little patience, but in early youth he had studied "Watts on the
Mind," and later had mastered "Locke on the Human Under-
standing." He was a careful reader of the best works by the
British bar, and Grattan, Curran, Emmett, and Burke were famil-
iar studies. All that he read seemed to dispose him the more to

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look to the power of his own mind, for whatever success he might
hope to gain. He was no servile imitator of any man, never
could have thought of calling any man master — nullius addictus
jurare in verba magistri.

In 1817, after an unsatisfactory effort to please his father by the
study of medicine, having little relish for that profession, he en-
tered the office of Hon. Garrick Mallery, at Wilkes-Barre, as a stu-
dent of law. In this village was a family by the name of Jewett,
recently come from New London, Connecticut, seeking a better
fortune and a suitable home. With five daughters and three sons,
the widow of David H. Jewett, M. D., afforded the subject of this
sketch a home, and eventually he found in it a wife, winning the
affections of the youngest daughter, Nancy, whom he married
July 17, 1823. Dr. David H. Jewett was a well known sur-
geon and warm personal friend of General Washington. He
was a son of Rev. David Jewett, D. D., a missionary to the
Mohican Indians, afterwards a chaplain in the French and In-
dian war, and later in the American revolution. Rev. Dr.
Jewett read the burial service over Uncas, "the last of the
Mohicans." David Jewett, a brother of Nancy, was commo-
dore of the Brazilian navy, under Dom Pedro I. (See page 782.)

In all his domestic life Judge Collins was a devoted stu-
dent of the bible. All the theological systems, of which he was
a careful reader, he brought to the bar of the revealed word of
God. Members of his family coming home at their vacation,
fresh from the discussions of professors of theology, were glad to
listen to his words of wisdom, and he was never found unwilling
to discuss any of the questions which had engaged councils and
drawn out able and world-renowned debate. He was wont to
remark that every faithful student of the English bible would
show the effects of its pure Saxon in fashioning his style, and
that a careful reader of it could not seriously err in idiom, or be
faulty in grammar. It was a notable fact in his religious Hfe that
in his old age he repeated his excursions through the penitential
Psalms again and again, until at that one point he wore out Bible
after bible. Decent disposal of the Holy Book could be found
only in the fires of the furnace. He never failed to commend
the close examination of the book to younger members of the

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bar, and a simple but earnest and unyielding advocacy of its
claims marked his life. Illustration in point is afforded by Hon.
Stanley Woodward, at the meeting of the bar on the morning of
Judge Collins' burial. He referred to the pleasant surprise which
the aged counselor gave the bar by once remarking that "he had
just visited the law library, and had painfully observed the ab-
sence of a volume which was the fountain of legal principles,"
whereupon, he drew from its concealment a copy of the bible,
and begged the court's acceptance of it from him as a gift to the
library which they were forming. To no small degree he inher-
ited a temperament marked by coolness and fearlessness ; but
added to this was a firmness, which came from the depth of his
convictions — convictions of the claims of truth and righteousness
— his deep and hearty assurance that there was at the helm of
the universe, and, how much more, of the church, a power whose
supervision was rendered unquestioned and immutable by prom-
ises which declared Him a God of truth and holiness, ever watch-
ful over the weakest disposed to serve him. It was this that
emboldened him to break up a horse-race on Main street, Wilkes-
Barre, and, amid the gathered multitude, to seize the horse and
lead him away as forfeited by law. It was this that gave him
confidence on the grounds of an adverse political gathering in
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, during his judgeship, to which he was
appointed by Governor Ritner, August 8, 1836. He was taking
notes upon a speech by Hon. James Buchanan, when roughs
threatened him and sought to drive him from the grounds. Coolly
putting his hand beneath his coat, where might have been- fire-
arms — which he never carried — he kept the bullies at respect-
ful distance, while he deliberately withdrew to a place of safety-
He was not easily alarmed, as was once proven in the courtroom
at Wilkes-Barre, when an inconsiderate lawyer threatened to
"pitch him over the bar." Rising from his seat, he unflinchingly
approached the braggadocio and assured him that the best mo-
ment for the attempt was the one at hand. History fails to
record any conflict. His unassuming manner may have been
mistaken for a want of spirit. At his first entering the office
of Hon. Garrick Mallery as a student of law some young lawyers
induced a young woman to disguise herself, and, entering the

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office, to threaten a personal assault. Seeing their numbers, and
determined to make less of the first assailant, he would have
made the experiment a pitifijl joke, had not the party begged for
the release of their foolish victim, and in disgrace beaten a retreat.

In church, no less than in state, his deep sense of the right
and the true kept him loyal and prompt in action. He had
a tender regard for the dignity of the pulpit ; was its ever ready
defender, saying to his pastor, "They may remove you, but can-
not disturb me," as he often assumed the responsibility of deli-
cate cases. He was a true churchman. In his youth a Congre-
gationalist, as all his fathers were, he turned his attention to
questions of church government, and accepted the claims of
Presbyterianism as having a broader basis than those of Congre-
gationalism. He thereupon urged a change in the organization
of the church, which is now the "First Presbyterian" of Wilkes-
Barre, effected his purpose, and, becoming one of its first bench
of elders, served in that capacity for more than fifty years.
As was remarked by Hon. Henry W. Palmer, at the meeting of the
bar, on the day of the judge's burial, "Had he lived in the troub-
lous days of the revolution, he would have stood with Crom-
well, Hampden, and Sir Henry Vane, in defence of the people's
rights, against kingly prerogative or priestly assumption."

He was the friend of the poor, and not once or twice was
their testimony rendered' to his praise. Here is an instance, re-
ported in later years by the man himself: "I bought a horse of the
judge and gave him my note. The horse not long after died. I
reported the loss and my inability to pay." 'It matters not,' re-
plied the judge, 'When the horse died, the note died! It hardly
need be said that he was the friend of the oppressed African, and
an ardent supporter of the administration, during the late war
Long before that, he was, on every principle of humanity, the-
black man's friend ; and, while more prudent than abolitionists
generally, he was no less determined in his opposition to slavery.
As a Presbyterian, he for some time accepted the philosophy that
slavery was not wrong per se. He was a colonizationist of the
Henry Clay school, and had the south not proved so aggressive,
he would have approved measures looking to the indulgence of
slavery, till colonization might have wiped it out.

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He was an earnest advocate of temperance, and a plea made by
him was the first published temperance document in this portion
of the state. It is worthy of mention, but sad to relate, that
while he, according to the customs of the times, was in the habit
of taking his morning "dram," as was supposed beneficial to the
health, he was induced to yield this custom and brought to main-
tain the cause of temperance by one who afterwards sank into a
drunkard's grave. Upon the transition of the judgeship in Penn-
sylvania from the life tenure to periodic election, he returned
from Lancaster to Wilkes- Barre, and resumed the practice of the
law. In this he continued till 1874, when, owing to diminished
acuteness of hearing, being then eighty -two years of age, he re-
tired from the courts. In the same year when his only son and
heir, Rev. Charles Jewett Collins, born in this city, June 25, 1825,
withdrew from the superintendence of the public schools of the
city of Wilkes-Barre to take charge of the preparatory school of
the college of New Jersey, the judge accompanied him. But he
never would withdraw his citizenship from Pennsylvania. In
1 88 1, he followed his son to Rye, N. Y., where he peacefully
passed away, as was remarked by the attendant physician, "with-
out disease," at the age of ninety-two. His unassuming monu-
ment stands in Hollenback Cemetery.

JOHN NESBIT CONYNGHAM.

John Nesbit Conyngham, was admitted to the bar of Lu-
zerne county, Pa., April 3, 1820. He was a native of Phila-
delphia, Pa., where he was born December 17, 1798. In that
city he received his education, graduating with high honors at
the University of Pennsylvania in 1817. Selecting the law for
his profession, he was entered as a student in the office of Joseph
R. Irigersoll, and in due time was admitted to the bar and at once
began the active practice of his profession. In 1820 he left his
native city and decided to establish himself at Wilkes-Barre,
where, after a few years' practice, he was elevated to the bench

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and became president judge of the courts of the county. While
traveling to this city he came in contact with two persons, one of
whom, Samuel Bowman, was a young law student, who, after his
admission to the bar of this county, abandoned legal pursuits for
the ministry and ultimately became the assistant bishop of the
Protestant Episcopal church of Pennsylvania. The other was a
granddaughter of the old revolutionary patriot and hero. Colonel
Zebulon Butler, and who a few years later became his wife.
Among Judge Conyngham's ancestry and connections were sev-
eral prominent divines and prelates of the Church of England
and Ireland. His grandfather, Redmond Conyngham, was con-
nected with old Christ church in Philadelphia. Subsequently he
was elected vestryman and warden by the same church, and in 1 758
was one of the foremost to assist in the erection of St. Peter's
church at Third and Pine streets, Philadelphia. This church was
first opened for divine service in 1761, and he was a member of
the vestry of the united parishes of both this and Christ church
until his decease. The father of John N. Conyngham was David
Hayfield Conyngham, who was also connected with the last
named church, and was ever prompt to serve its interests with
pecuniary assistance or able counsel. In that parish the child
was baptized and watched over in his days of infancy and boy-
hood. While residing in W^ilkes-Barre he interested himself
greatly in the welfare of St. Stephen's church, and in 1821 was
elected a vestryman. In 1826 a special convention, held in St.
Peter's church, Philadelphia, was called by Bishop White to take
into consideration the expediency of electing an assistant bishop
of the diocese, and it was upon this occasion that he first took his
seat in the diocesan convention as a member of that honorable
body. In 1844 he was nominated and elected by the convention
to the position of deputy to the general convention. In the fol-
lowing October, in company with his lay colleagues, George M.
Wharton, Judge Stroud, and Herman Cope, he took his seat with
that body at Cincinnati. Subsequently, with but a single excep-
tion, he was returned to the general convention at every session.
In the diocesan convention he was one of the most prominent
and influential members, was placed on many important commit-
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talents. In the general convention, a body composed of four
clergymen and four laymen from each diocese, and meeting every
third year in order to legislate on matters involving the interests
of the whole church in the United States, Judge Conyngham
early attained an active and prominent position. In 1862 he vi^as
placed on the most important of all committees, of the house of
clerical and law deputies, that known as the committee on
canons. On this occasion his lay colleagues were Murray
Hoffman, of New York; Judge Chambers, of Maryland; and
Robert C. Winthrop, of Massachusetts. As a deputy he was
never absent from his post, ever punctual to every appointment,
and always ready to sacrifice all personal considerations to his
onerous duties. Calm, logical, and withal liberal in his views,
he strongly deprecated extreme views and actions and was never
willing to compromise by any unwise alliance the polity or the
ritual of his church. In 1868 he was elected president of the
American church missionary society. This is one of the most
important organizations in the Protestant Episcopal church, hav-
ing its central office in New York, and embracing in its officers
and members clergymen and laymen from nearly every diocese.
" In this office," say the minutes adopted by that society and
prepared by the Rev. Dr. Tyng, "his presence has brought com-
manding dignity to the fulfillment of his duties, his eminent
christian character has added veneration and respect to his posi-
tion, and his decided evangelical judgments and expressions have
enhanced the confidence with which its operations have been
regarded." In every public work or movement designed to
benefit his brethren or his country he was always an energetic
actor, and in all the questions which have agitated the common-
wealth or the nation in general during the last fifty years he never
failed to take a decided stand upon what he conscientiously believ-
ed to be the rightful and truthful side. In early life he was warmly
interested in state and national politics, and, though invariably
decided and inflexible in his attitude, was respected and admired
even by his opponents. In 1849 he represented Luzerne county
in the legislature of the state. In all matters of social advance-
ment and public improvement, and for the developing of the
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eral wealth, he was an able and enterprising mover. From 1824
to 1838 he was one of the trustees of the Wilkes-Barre Academy.
As a judge he was the recipient of countless encomiums, and
when he resigned his president judgeship the whole bar of
Luzerne county testified to his rare abilities, while sixteen judges
gave in writing their deliberate judgments concerning his char-
acter and talents. For thirty years he was president judge of
Luzerne county, for fifty years a vestryman in St. Stephen's
church in this city, and was, since 1826, the representative of
that church in the diocesan convention of Pennsylvania. At
the time of his death he was president of the Wilkes-Barre Tract
Society, of the Luzerne County Bible Society, and of the Ameri-
can Church Missionary Society of New York. He was also vice •
president of the American Sunday School Union, and of the insti-
tution for the deaf and dumb of Philadelphia. His death resulted
from an accident. While on his way to Texas to bring home
Colonel J. B. Conyngham, an invalid son, he fell on the railroad
track at Magnolia, Mississippi, and the wheels of a passenger car
passing over both of his legs they were so terribly crushed and
mutilated that he died within two hours from the time of the
accident. This occurred on the evening of February 23, 1871.
The township of Conyngham in this county and the Conyngham
public school on St. Clement street, in this city, were named
after Judge Conyngham. From May, 1827, to May, 1828, and
from May, 1834, to May, 1837, Judge Conyngham was burgess of
the borough of Wilkes-Barre, and in 1849 ^"^ 1850 he was pres-
ident of the borough council. He was a member of the first
board of directors of the Wyoming (national) bank, organized
in November, 1829. Hon. H. B. Wright, at our request, a few
years ago, wrote an article on Judge Conyngham for the Luzerne
Legal Register. We here reproduce the greater part of that
article.

"When Judge Conyngham was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county, it had a reputation for learning and talent that it has
probably not had in the last twenty years. While it is not our
purpose to make an unfavorable comparison with the Luzerne
bar of 1820 and any subsequent period, it will be frankly admit-
ted that there was at that time a professional array of unusual
talent. Rosewell Welles, Ebenezer Bowman, Garrick Mallery,

iu8 John Nesbit Conyngham.

and George Denison were all men of a high order of legal ability
who resided hei'e. And then there were other gentlemen of high
professional attainments who were in the habit of attending the
courts here. Among these were Judge Duncan, afterwards
placed on the supreme bench of the state ; David Watts, of Car-
lisle ; John Ross, of Easton ; Alem Marr, of Danville ; and
William Cox Ellis, of Lycoming. These men, from the adjoining
counties, with the home talent, fully their equal, made an array
of legal ability that had position equal to that in any part of the
state, not excepting Philadelphia, which claimed the ascendancy
in legal lore and learning over any other bar in the United States.
David Scott, a man honored and respected, then held the com-
mission of judge of the Common Pleas — a man of stern integrity
and iron will; upright in the administration of justice, and fear-
less in the discharge of his official duties ; determined and posi-
tive, but just in his decisions, and merciful jn his sentences.
Such was the bench and such was the bar of the county of
Luzerne when Judge Conyngham came to this town to make
his permanent abode, and enter the conflict, with this array of
talent occupying the arena. Under ordinary circumstances this
would seem to have been a hopeless adventure. But he had
untiring industry and perseverance, temperate habits, extraofdi-
nary ambition to master his profession, and this, with a fine com-
manding personal appearance, and a remarkably gentle and
agreeable manner, with a high order of intellect, enabled him to
enter the tournament with every prospect of success. I have it
from his own mouth, that in the first two year's of his residence
here, his prospects were exceedingly doubtful as to success.
'But,' said he, 'I landed here, and burned my boats ; there was
no return, and I made up my mind to work hard, early and late;
to ride the circuit with or without a brief, and to use every effort
to obtain position ; and, amidst toil and energy, I achieved my
purpose. And it was during these early years of incessant read-
ing, and attending the courts during the entire session, practice
or no practice, that I learned the science of the law, and the
mode of conducting a cause. For never had pupil more intelli-
gent masters, and I profited by it all. I made my point, and
established my reputation.' As eariy as the fourth year after he
commenced practice, he may be said to have had as good a po-
sition at the bar as any one, save Garrick Mallery. While Judge
Mallery was at the bar, during the years I am speaking of, he
was the acknowledged head. No one questioned this. Not far
from this date (say 1824), the branch bank established in this
town by the old Philadelphia bank suspended business here. The
business of the people in this valley did not require a bank, and

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so the agency was closed. A large amount of money (that is,
for those times) had been loaned out, and the endorsers, mostly
composed of the farmers of the county, had become liable, and
there was much commotion, and great fears were apprehended.
To have closed up these surety matters suddenly would have
ruined the best men of the county. Many of the men who had
obtained discounts on the strength of their endorsements had
failed, and the load came home to the guarantors. John P. Arndt,
a merchant, residing and doing business where E. P. Darling's
house stands, on River street, and Henry Buckingham, of Kings-
ton, were among the noted failures of that time. There was a
general feeling of despondency throughout the entire valley.
Many of these endorsers were soldiers of the revolution, and sev-
eral of them had survived the terrible massacre of Wyoming.
These old veterans being thus threatened with impending ruin,
the whole community was in sympathy with them. These facts
were represented to the bank in Philadelphia, and John N.
Conyngham was deputed agent and attorney for the bank, with
discretionary power to do what he should think best, under the
circumstances. It was in his capacity as agent of the bank that
he made that fame and reputation for benevolence and kind-
heartedness that established his reputation in the county. He
gave these old veterans time, indulged them in their misfortunes,
and saved most of them from total and absolute ruin. And they
remembered these acts of generosity, and their children after them
did also. And he acted in good faith to the bank, which, in ad-
dition to his fees, presented him a set of silver as a token of the
satisfactory manner in which he had discharged the trust con-
fided to him. The just and merited influence thus acquired in
the bank agency, his habits of industry, his acknowledged ability
and gentlemanly deportment, all combining, placed him at the
head of his profession, though not yet thirty years of age. But
what was of more account, his high position as a man of integrity,
and possessing all the amiable qualities which decorate the indi-
vidual character, and which he had fully exhibited in closing the
bank affairs, gavehim a firm and unquestioned stand, high up
among his fellow "men. Another reason for his success at the
bar arose from the fact that most of the gentlemen in the adjoin-
ing counties gradually relinquished their practice, and the field
was left open to a comparatively few members. In 1828, when
the writer of this notice entered the office of Judge Conyngham
as a student, with the late Ovid F. Johnson, afterwards attorney
general of the state, the legal business, of the county was almost
exclusively in the hands of Garrick Mallery, George Denison,
John N. Conyngham, Oristus Collins, and James McClintock.

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The late Chief Justice Woodward was a student at that time in
Judge Mallery's office. During the ensuing five years George
Denison died, and Mr. Mallery was commissioned by Governor
Wolf president judge of the Northampton district. These occur-
rences gave Judge Conyngham the choice of selecting which side
he chose of every cause upon the list. He was the absolute and
acknowledged head of the bar. And yet, with all these advan-
tages, I doubt if he realized two thousand dollars a year in fees.
The counsel fees then, compared with the practice now, were
probably not an eighth of what they are now. And to see the
energy and zeal that these lawyers manifested in the preparation
and trial of causes is almost marvelous. The amount in contro-
versy mattered not. As much hard labor would be bestowed in
the trial of an issue involving fifty dollars, on an appeal from a
justice of the peace, as is expended at the present time on a trial
involving a million. In the former case the fee might have been
ten dollars, in the latter ten thousand. The pioneers of the law
made the practice of the law their business. They knew nothing
about outside speculations. They worked for a moderate sub-
sistence, and with that they were satisfied. I have known Judge
Conyngham, when in the height of his practice, to devote a half
day or more to the preparation of an elaborate opinion, and accept
a fee of five dollars ! I have oftener seen him charge three dol-
lars than five. During all the time I was a student in his office,
the price of preparing and writing a deed for the conveyance of
land was always one dollar and a quarter, and this included the
examination of the docket as to liens. I always wondered why
the extra quarter of a dollar was added ! Judge Conyngham was
a man of remarkable industry. He was always at his post. He
would annually devote a week or ten days to visit his father in
Philadelphia. This was the extent of his pastime. He labored
incessantly. He was a great reader (of law, I mean) ; he had
every decision at his tongue's end. He prided himself on this ;
and he told me time and again that he attributed all his success
to his industry. He was too modest a man to admit that he had
enough of natural ability to reach the position he knew he en-
joyed as a lawyer. His power at the bar was with the jury. No
man had more weight and influence than he had over the twelve.
He was more verbose than most successful advocates. It was
repetition, however, which sprang from a desire to leave no doubt
upon the minds of the jury. He had a very fine flow of language.
At times, it reached a high order of eloquence. He spoke flu-
ently and he spoke well. Added to his remarkably fine person
—standing six feet, erect, and graceful in all his motions— his
verdict was always sure, if the evidence warranted it, and som-

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times the verdict came in his favor when it should not. The
modulation of his voice was excellent. It was always a pleasure
to listen to him. His plea was solid argument ; he did not have
the gift of satire or repartee. He had more force with the jury
than the court. I do not mean by this that he had less force with
the court than his most talented colleagues, but that he had a
greater influence than they with the jury. This commanding
position at the bar Judge Conyngham maintained to about the
year 1837. I think it was in that year in which the celebrated
trial of the Commonwealth v. the Gilligans and others occurred.
The prisoners were indicted for the murder of McComb, a short
distance below White Haven, at the time of the construction of
the Lehigh slack water navigation. The prisoners were defended
by Judge Conyngham, the late Judge Kidder, and the writer of
this notice. The evidence was circumstantial, and a strong effort
was made to convict. This elicited a corresponding effort on the
part of the defence. Two of them were convicted of murder in
the first degree, the other three of the lower grades of homi-
cide. The two convicted of murder in the first degree were
awarded a new trial on the ground of the admission of irrel-
evant testimony. On the second trial they were acquitted —
wrongfully, I fear. The sentiment in Luzerne at that time was
against capital punishment. It was hard to convict ; but trials
for homicide were rare. In conducting the defence in the GiUi-
gan trial — that is, the first one ; in the second he was unable to
participate — Judge Conyngham broke down. He made in it the
best speech of his life. He overdid the matter. At the close of
the trial his violent effort brought on a bronchial affection of tlje
throat, from which he never entirely recovered. He was confined
with this attack for more than a year. He recovered so far as
to be able to discharge thirty years' service on the bench. But
he never appeared in court as an advocate after the Gilligan trial.
He may have been there occasionally, but he had made his last
great effort with the jury. And the counsel whose voice had
echoed in the courts for nearly twenty years had now ceased ;
and, in that capacity, forever. This state of his health was, of
course, matter of deep regret to the bench, the bar, and the peo-
ple. All remedies failed to restore him, and the common voice
was, that he must go upon the bench, and there he went, with a
reputation for ability, legal learning, and honesty of purpose, all of
which he most faithfully sustained. And thus much of the man,
as a member of the bar. We may say, in conclusion, in this par-
ticular, that as a practitioner he was an example of integrity of
purpose. True in every sense to his client; just to his op-
ponents ; open and candid to the court ; truthful at all times ;

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a model as a practitioner; and with a name unblemished.
We now come to speak of him as a judge. In this capacity, for
some thirty long years, he presided in our courts ; and his name
is a synonym with all that is good which pertains to that high
office. He was commissioned a judge of the Court of Common
Pleas in 1839, in the Bradford and Susquehanna district. In
1841, by an exchange between him and Judge Jessup, under sanc-
tion of law, Judge Conyngham came upon the Luzerne bench,
and Judge Jessup took the place of Judge Conyngham in the
Bradford and Susquehanna district. And from the April term,
1841, up to his resignation in 1870, with the exception of
the years of 1850 and 1851, he remained upon the Luzerne
bench. During this long time, almost a third of a century,
he maintained a high position as a man of much legal learn-
ing, and a purity of character that was not surpassed by any
of his cotemporaries. I may not do better in the delineation of
his judicial life than by a reference to the opinions of some of the
best legal minds of the state. Upon the occasion of his resigna-
tion, in 1870, many learned men in the law were invited to par-
ticipate at the banquet given him. In their responses, I refer to
some of the opinions of some of them. Mr. Justice Sharswood,
of the Supreme Court of this state, says : 'It would afford me the
sincerest pleasure to unite in doing honor to one who has done
so much honor to the bench and the profession. To unsuspected
purity of purpose, he has joined the greatest fidelity and the most
eminent legal learning and ability. It will be a blessing to the
bar and people of Luzerne if this mantle should fall on his suc-
cessor.' Mr. Chief Justice Thompson writes : 'To a faithful and
a'ble judge, such as yours has been, the tribute of respect you
propo.s'e on his retirement is graceful and proper ; and in this
instance will sincerely mark the respect the bar must feel towards
one on whom devotion to duty and justice in discharging it, was
to all most distinctly apparent.' The late Chief Justice Wood-
ward says : ' No tribute to a public servant was ever better de-
served than that which you propose to tender to Judge Conyng-
ham. He has executed for a long time and with great fidelity
one of the most difficult and responsible offices in the govern-
ment; the office upon which, more than upon all others, depend
the safety and the happiness of the great and rapidly growing
community of Luzerne county. And to official fidelity. Judge
Conyngham has added the sanction of a good life. In morals
and manners he has been in all times a good man.' Chief
Justice Agnew remarks : 'I cannot forbear adding my testimony
to that of others, of the high character Judge Conyngham has
always borne as a man and as a jurist' My limits forbid giving

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any further extracts from the learned men of the state on the
bench and in the profession, who wrote complimentary letters in
response to the committee, upon the occasion of the banquet.
But of the great number received, they are all in the same tone
and character with those from which I have made the foregoing
extracts. It is the compliment of the living to the living. Un-
strained because these evidences confer a just and proper tribute.
They all come from the heart, and they are the frank and un-
biassed opinions of his cotemporaries ; they are modestly and
truthfully written. The praises of these persons, judges and
lawyers, are in keeping with the opinions of the whole population
of this county. It is not the learned judge and able lawyer that
is portrayed ; but, along with it, comes those other conceded
qualifications which constitute the moral and upright man, as well
as the learned judge. And without this there is much wanting
in establishing the status of the 'model' man. He who has held
in his hands the balances of justice for nearly a third of a century,
and escaped the tongue of malice and scandal, must needs be a
most notable man. It is one case in a thousand. We are not
aware of an unfavorable criticism or a charge of biassed judgment
made against this man in his long occupation of the bench. That
he was pure, and just, and upright, during all this time, is, in our
judgment, the unanimous opinion of all our people. It may be,
that as a judge, he put more faith in the opinions of others than in
his own ; but who shall say that this is a fault ? Lord Bacon,
in his celebrated picture of a good judge, says that 'The judge is
a man of ability, drawing his learning out of his books, and not
out of his brain.' But then he says further: 'He has right under-
standing of justice, depending not so much on reading other men's
writings, as upon the goodness of his own natural reason and
meditation.' He well remarks, however : 'He is a man of integ-
rity, of well regulated passions, beyond the influence, either of
anger, by which he may be incapable of judging; or of hope,
either of money or worldly advancement, by which he may de-
cide unjustly; or of fear, either of the censure of others, which is
cowardice ; or of giving pain, when it ought to be given, which
is improper compassion. He is just both in private and public,
quick in apprehension, slow in anger. He is cautious in his
judgment, not forming a hasty opinion; not tenacious in retaining
an opinion, when formed ; and never ashamed of being wiser to-
day than yesterday. He hears what is spoken, not who speaks,
whether it be the president or a pauper, a friend or a foe.' How
admirably do these definitions of the judicial character apply to
the gentleman of whom we are writing. We give but a part of
that world-renowned description of Lord Bacon, in describing

1 1 24 John Nesbit Conyngham.

the judge, but enough for our purpose. The crowning feature of
Judge Conyngham was the confidence the profession placed in
his ruh'ng. They were aware that his decisions were not the
result of an inconsiderate conclusion. They knew that the rule
of law adopted was the conclusion deduced from authority, or
from close consideration, most generally the former. For his
industry was wonderful ; and the moment the legal questions
were raised in a cause he was incessant in his labors in finding
out the established principle that should govern the case. Dur-
ing an adjournment of court he would frequently go without his
meal, spending the whole time in his library, that he might be
ready at the assembling of the court to meet the questions that
the case presented. Labor seemed to be a pleasure to him. He
was proud of his reputation as a judge. He disliked to be
reversed ; and his great desire was that he should be sustained
by the court of review, and it was very seldom that he was
reversed. Therefore, no labor was too much for him to perform.
When he was in the midst of a trial he was lost to everything
else; his mind was on that, and that alone. Hurrying, with his
head down, absorbed in his own reflections, in passing from his
own office to the court, he would scarcely notice any one. He
had the law in his head, and this he was nursing, to the exclusion
of everything else. Never was man more devoted to his occu-
pation, and never did man have a more earnest desire to administer
the law correctly and in all its purity. Thus, with his research and
his well balanced mind, and his scrupulous desire to administer
justice, he could^not be otherwise than a most excellent judge,
and such he was. Of the long list of distinguished jurists of
Pennsylvania, I do not think that among them all was there an
instance where any one performed more labor, or had a greater
desire to do even and exact justice, than Judge Conyngham.
There have been, undoubtedly, among them men of greater legal
capacity and breadth of intellect than he possessed, but he was
the peer of any of them in integrity of purpose, and a desire to
do what was right. When he retired from the bench he left it
with an unsoiled reputation. The ermine was as spotless when
he laid it aside as when it was placed upon his shoulders. And
the wish and prayer of those who survive him should be, that his
example as lawyer, judge, citizen, and christian may be the theme
of imitation."

(For further particulars concerning the Conyngham family, see
page 203.) He married December 17, 1823, Ruth Ann Butler, the
daughter of General Lord Butler (See page 335). His family
numbered seven children of which six grew to manhood— Col-

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onel John Butler Conyngham, William Lord Conyngham, Thomas
Conyngham, Major Charles Miner Conyngham, Mary, who mar-
ried Charles Parrish, of this city, and Anna, who married Right
.Rev. William Bacon Stevens, D. D., LL. D., Bishop of Pennsylva-
nia. The University of Pennsylvania in 1869, conferred the degree
ofLL.D. on Judge Conyngham. Redmond Conyngham, a brother
of Judge Conyngham, was a native of Philadelphia and a graduate
of the College of New Jersey, at Princeton. He inherited from
his paternal grandfather am estate of two thousand pounds per
annum in the county of Donegal, Ireland, where he spent several
years of his early life. Whilst in Ireland he was the companion
of Curran, Grattan, and other bright intellects of Hibernian soil.
Amongst the most brilliant of these was his cousin, William Con-
yngham Plunkett, afterwards lord chancellor of Ireland, and who
was named after Mr. Conyngham's ancester. Mr. Conyngham
lived many years in this county, and in 181 5 represented Luzerne
county in the state legislature. In 1820 he was elected a state
senator. His district was composed of the counties of Colum-
bia,Luzerne, Northumberland, Union, and Susquehanna. In the
same year he laid out the village named by him Dundaff, in
Susquehanna county, in honor of his friend. Lord Dundaff, of
Scotland. The village of Conyngham, in Sugarloaf township,
in this county, was named in honor of Mr. Conyngham, where
he resided for many years. He subsequently removed to Lancas-
ter, Pa., where he spent the balance of his days. He married
Elizabeth, a daughter of Judge Yeates, of the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania, and died June 16, 1846, aged 65 years.

BENJAMIN DRAKE WRIGHT.

Benjamin Drake Wright was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county. Pa., April 7, 1820. He was born in this city January 23,
1799. He was the second son of William Wright, who probably
emigrated from Ireland with his brother, Thomas Wright, about
1663. He served through the revolutionary war, and when peace

1 126 Chester Butler.

was declared he removed to Wrightsville, in this county, now the
borough of Miners Mills, where his brother Thomas resided. He
was a schoolmaster, and at one time lived at the corner of Union
and North Main streets, in this city, where his relative, Thomas •
Wright Miner, M. D., resided, and where he died. The wife of
William Wright was Sarah Ann Osborne, a Quakeress. They
had four sons — Major Thomas Wright, U. S. A.; J. J. B. Wright, a
surgeon in the United States army, who died at Carlisle, Pa.;
William Wright, who resided at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin; and
Benjamin Drake Wright. One daughter married Benjamin
Drake, and another. Job Barton, the father of the late Samuel M.
Barton, postmaster of this city. In his early manhood Benja-
min Drake Wright removed to Florida. He was an alderman of
Pensacola, Fla., subsequently mayor of the city, and also collec-
tor of the port. He was United States district attorney of Flor-
ida, under the territorial government, judge of the United States
court of Florida, and chief justice of the Supreme Court of the
state of Florida. He married, February 23, 1826, Josephine de
la Rua, daughter of John de la Rua, granddaughter of Francisco
de la Rua, a native of Madrid, Spain. The latter's wife was
Josefa de la Rua, a native of Canary Islands. Mr. and Mrs.
Wright had a family of eight children, six sons and two daugh-
ters, of whom three survive, Laura — wife of A. T. Yniestra ;
George Wright and Henry T. Wright. Benjamin D. Wright died
April 28, 1875.

CHESTER BUTLER.

Chester Butler, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county.
Pa., August 8, 1820, was a native of this city, where he was borh
March 21, 1798. He was the son of General Lord Butler and
the brother of the late Lord Butler and John L. Butler, of this
city. (See page 335). He represented Luzerne county in the
legislature of the state in 1832, 1838, 1839 and 1843, and from
1845 to 1850 was in the congress of the United States. In 1832
he was on the anti-masonic electoral ticket of Pennsylvania. He

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was elected in 1818 one of the trustees of the Wilkes-Barre Aca-
demy, and served for twenty years, three years of which he was
secretary of the board. He was a teacher and also a student in
the old academy. From 1821 to 1824 he was register and re-
corder of Luzerne county. He was a graduate of Princeton (N.
J.) College in the class of 18 17, and read law at the Litchfield,
Conn., law school. His wife was Sarah Hollenback, widow of
Jacob Cist, deceased. One son, George H. Butler, was the only
issue of their marriage. Chester Butler died m Philadelphia
October 5, 1850. His son, George H. Butler, died unmarried in
the same city March 16, 1863. The latter read law with Andrew
T. McClintock, in this city, but we can find no record of his ad-
mission to the bar. He was also a graduate of Princeton College.

JAMES WATSON BOWMAN.

James Watson Bowman was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county. Pa., August 8, 1820. He was the second child of Eben-
ezer Bowman, and studied law with his father. (See page 1050.)
He married, in 1825, Harriet Drake, of Wilkes-Barre, and died
in 1834, leaving two children — George Drake Bowman and
Amelia Watson Bowman, who married George Painter, of
Muncy, Pa.

SAMUEL BOWMAN.

Samuel Bowman was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county.
Pa., August 8, 1 82 1. He was born in Wilkes-Barre May 21,
1800, and was the sixth child of Captain Samuel Bowman, a
son of Captain Thaddeus Bowman. At the outbreak of the rev-
olution Captain Samuel Bowman enlisted and became a captain
in the continental army, and served until the close of the war. It
is said that he was with Major Andre the night before his execu-

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tion, and commanded the guard that led him to the gallows. He
married, in Philadelphia, November 3, 1784, Eleanor Ledlie, of
Easton, Pa., whose parents were from Ireland. About 1789 he
moved to Wilkes-Barre, where his wife had a large landed estate,
to which he devoted his time. He died June 25, 1818, being
gored to death by a bull. He was one of the trustees of the
Wilkes-Barre Academy from 1807 until his death. In 1794 he
was captain of a company, and led the Luzerne volunteers to
help quell the whiskey insurrection, and to Newburg in 1799.
Ebenezer Bowman, of the Luzerne bar, was the uncle of Samuel
Bowman. (See page 1050.) Samuel Bowman was educated at
the Wilkes-Barre Academy. The law had been chosen as his
profession, but he soon became a student of divinity, having
been brought under deep religious conviction by the sudden death
of his father, as before stated. He was ordained in Philadelphia,
August 25, 1823, and entered upon his ministerial duty in Lan-
caster county, Pa., the same year, preaching his first sermons in
Leacock and Salisbury townships, where he remained about two
years. In 1825 he was stationed at Easton, but in the following
year he returned to his former charge in Lancaster county. In
1827 he accepted a call to the rectorship of St. James' church in
Lancaster, Pa., one of the oldest Episcopal parishes in the state.
His attachment to his parish and to the community was so deep
that he would never accept any position which involved the
necessity of abandoning Lancaster as his home. In 1845 he was,
against his own inclination, voted for as the candidate of those in
convention who opposed Rev. Dr. Tyng for bishop, and was
several times elected by the clergy, but the laity refused to con-
cur. The contest was long and exciting, and Bishop Potter was
finally elected as a compromise candidate, much to Dr. Bowman's
gratification, who would have accepted the office with much
reluctance, if at all, for the reason above stated. In 1848 he was
elected bishop of the diocese of Indiana, which he decUned, again
reiterating his desire to remain with the flock between whom and
himself there was such a strong attachment' With regard to the
two parties which unfortunately exist in the Episcopal church,
Bishop Bowman was a conservative, even to the extent of ignor-
ing the existence of what are called " High and Low Church."

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His last discourse was based upon the words of St. Paul : " For
I am determined not to know anything among you save Jesus
Christ and Him crucified." And this was the spirit in which he
accepted the office of assistant bishop three years before. The
convention failing to make a choice between Dr. Vinton and him-
self, Dr. Bowman offered a resolution for a committee to report
to the convention a candidate, which he advocated with great
earnestness and ability, solemnly and emphatically withdrawing
his name from the nomination before the convention. He said
God brought men together by ways unknown to them. His name
had been placed there without any feeling of ambition on his part.
His great and only desire was that he might pass the remainder of
his days in the humble yet honorable station of the ministry to
which he was so sincerely attached. He expressed the hope that
the carrying out of this resolution would prove the breaking
down of the partition that existed between some portions of the
church, in which church all should be of " one Lord, one faith,
and one baptism. Let the only strife be," he continued, " as to
who shall expend most labor in the cause of God. Let us no
longer array ourselves under party leaders. Let our only motto
be, 'Pro Deo, pro ecclesia, et hominum salute! " After the election
of Dr. Bowman he was introduced to the convention by a com-
mittee as the assistant bishop. He closed a feeling address
with the "fervent hope that the work which the convention had
accomplished that day would redound to the unity and advance-
ment of the church through Jesus Christ our Lord." The death
of Bishop Bowman occurred in this wise : He had left home on
a tour of western visitation in his official capacity, and had taken
the 6 A. M. train on the Allegheny Valley railroad, en route for But-
ler, where he had an appointment to administer the rite of confirma-
tion on the following Sabbath. At Freeport, twenty-four miles
from Pittsburg, he proposed taking the stage to Butler. After
proceeding about nineteen miles the train was halted in conse-
quence of a bridge which had been injured by a late freshet and
a land slide nearly two miles beyond. Arrangements had been
made to convey the passengers over this part of the road in a
hand car, a locomotive and a passenger car being in readiness on
the other side to carry them on. Several gentlemen preferred

tijo Joel Jon£s.

walking, and among them Bishop Bowman. The Workmen hav-
ing charge of the hand car, when returning to the bridge, found
the bishop lying by the road side, having fallen upon his face as if
seized with apoplexy. His face was buried in his hat, in which
was his pocket handkerchief that he had saturated with water in
a small stream a few paces back, doubtless as a preventive of
sunstroke. Genesee College conferred the degree of doctor of
divinity on Bishop Bowman. He married Susan Sitgreaves,
daughter of Samuel Sitgreaves, of Easton. She died in 1830,
and he married, in 1836, Harriet Clarkson, of Lancaster. Bishop
Bowman died August 3, 1861.

AMZI FULLER.

Amzi Fuller was admitted, to the bar of Luzerne county, Pa.,
January 11, 1822. (See page 580 for further particulars con-
cerning Mr. Fuller.) He spent the greater part of his life in
Wayne county, Pa. A few years before his death he purchased
the property on River street now occupied by the widow of his
son, Henry M. Fuller, and Henry A. Fuller, his grandson, of
Hon. Charles D. Shoemaker, and removed here, where he spent
the latter years of his life.

JOEL JONES.

Joel Jones, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county,
Pa., January 14, 1823, was a native of Coventry, Conn. He was
a descendant of Colonel John Jones, who was born at Fregarion,
in the Isle of Anglesey, North Wales, in 1580. He was married
in 1623 to Henrietta, second sister of Oliver Cromwell, lord pro-
tector of England, was one of the judges of Charles I in 1648,
and of Cromwell's house of lords in 1653, and lord lieutenant of
Ireland from 1650 to 1659. He was beheaded by Charles II
October 17, 1660.

William Jones, son of Colonel John Jones, was born in London

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in 1624, was a lawyer at Westminster for a number of years,
was a resident of the Fields of St. Martin, Middlesex, and was
married to Hannah Eaton, of the parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn.
London, spinster, by the Rev. John Rowe, sr., Independent
minister of the church, in July, 1659. She was the youngest
daughter of Hon. Theophilus Eaton, the first governor of New
Haven colony, and was born in London in 1633. Hon. William
Jones was for several years deput)' governor of the colonies of
New Haven and Connecticut, retired from office in 1698, and
died in New Haven October, 1706, aged eighty-two years. His
wife died May 4, 1707, aged seventy-four years. They were
buried under the monumental stone of Governor Eaton, and the
following inscription was placed upon it, after giving their names
and the date of their deaths :

To attend you, sir, under these famed stones,
Are come your honored son and daughter Jones,
On each hand to repose their weary bones.
The memory of the j ust is blest.
Isaac Jones, son of William and Hannah Jones, was born June
21, 1671, in New Haven, and was married to Deborah Clarke,
daughter of James Clarke, of Stratford, Conn., by Hon. William
Jones, deputy governor of Connecticut, November 25, 1692.
He died in New Haven in 1741. His wife died in the same place
May 28, 1735. Joel Jones, son of Isaac and Deborah Jones, lived
and died in North Bolton, Conn. His eldest brother was Isaac
Jones, of Saybrook, Conn. Joel Jones married a Miss Hale. He
was born in 1695 and died in 1775. He left ten sons and five
daughters living at the time of his death. Amassa Jones, son of
Joel Jones, lived in Coventry, and removed to Wilkes-Barre, Pa.,
about 1818, where he died in 1843. His body and that of his
wife were removed by his youngest son, Matthew Hale Jones, to
Easton, Pa. The wife of Amassa Jones was Elizabeth Hunting-
ton, a daughter of Rev. Joseph Huntington, D. D., of Coventry,
Conn. He was a descendant of Simon Huntington, of Norwich,
Conn., and a brother of Samuel Huntington, a signer of the
declaration of independence, governor of Connecticut, chief just-
ice of the same state, and at one time president of the American
congress. Huntington township, in this county, took its name
from him.

1132 Joel Jones.

Joel Jones, eldest son of Amassa and Elizabeth Jones, was born
October 26, 179S, and removed to Wilkes-Barre with his father's
family. He was educated at Yale College, from which he grad-
uated in 1 8 17, and the Litchfield law school, and studied law with
Judge Bristol, of New Haven, Conn., where he was first admitted
to the bar. He practiced law at Wilkes-Barre, Easton, Pa., and
Philadelphia. He was a man of large legal knowledge. When
appointed with W. Rawle, who was upwards of eighty years of
age when appointed, and T. I. Wharton to revise the civil code
of the state, those gentlemen expressed to their friends surprise
that a man of so little prominence should have made such acqui-
sitions in the law, little knowing how many wearisome years he
had spent in his small office on the northwestern corner of Inde-
pendence square in studying the principles of jurisprudence. He
did good service to the state as one of the revisers, and some of
the reports of the commissioners which made the most important
suggestions were written by him. Some parts of the new system
were remodeled and re-written exclusively by him, as, for example
the disposition of estates of intestates, which passed the legisla-
ture without the change of a word, and they have scarcely been
touched down to the present day. Some of the other matters
for legislation which were acted upon by the commissioners
were an act relating to registers and registers' courts, the Orphans'
Court, relating to last wills and testaments, relating to executors
and administratrators, relating to counties and townships and
county and township officers, to weights and measures, to the
organization of the courts of justice, to roads, highways and
bridges, to inns, taverns and retailers of vinous and spiritous
liquors, to the support and employment of the poor, to county
rates and levies and township rates and levies, to the militia, to
elections by the citizens of the commonwealth, to the inspection
of articles of trade and commerce — most of which were passsed
by the legislature as reported. Mr. Jones was subsequently ap-
pointed an associate judge and the president judge of the district
court of Philadelphia. These offices he held from 1835 to 1847.
Girard College never did a better thing than when it made Judge
Jones its first president, and the career of usefulness on which
that institution entered is largely due to the wise manner in

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which he interpreted the will of Mr. Girard and the legal pro-
visions enacted concerning it. He filled this position during
most of the years 1847 and 1848. He then returned to his favorite
pursuit of studying and practicing law. Immediately thereupon
he was nominated as a candidate for mayor of the city of Phila-
delphia, and was elected by a large popular vote. On retiring
from the ofifice in 1849 he returned again to the law, and the force
of his speech and his pen was frequently felt in the courts. He
also wrote for the magazines of the day on literary, philosophic
and religious subjects. The volume published after his death,
which he had modestly entitled " Notes on Scripture," wiH long
attest the thought which he gave to the profoundest themes
with which the human mind can become conversant. Judge
Jones was a most exemplary christian and an active and useful
member of the Presbyterian church. He died February 3, i860.
Anson Jones, an American physician, and president of the re-
public of Texas at the time of its annexation to the United States,
was a kinsman of Judge Jones. He settled in Brazoria, Texas, in
1833, and took a prominent part in the political and military
movements which resulted in the independence of that republic-
He was minister to the United States in 1838, and afterwards for
three years secretary of state under President Houston. In 1844
he succeeded Houston as president. He died by his own hands
in 1858. In that year he was the rival of Louis T. Wigfall for a
seat in the United States senate, and when defeated, invited all
the leaders of the party and Wigfall himself to a public dinner,
and after entertaining them blew his brains out at the dinner table,
with the remark that as Texas did not need him any more he
would emigrate. Judge Joel Jones married, in 1833, Elizabeth
Sparhawk, a daughter of John Sparhawk, one of the non-import-
ing merchants of Philadelphia in 1774, a grandson of Sir William
Pepperill, of Kittery Point, Maine (then Massachusetts), who cap-
tured Louisburg during the old French war. The wife of John
Sparhawk was Elizabeth Perkins, a native of Barbadoes. Judge
Jones had six children, only two of whom survive — S. Hunting-
ton Jones, a Philadelphia lawyer, and Rev. John Sparhawk Jones,
D. D., a Presbyterian clergyman. In his young days Judge
Jones was principal of the Wilkes-Barre Academy. The late

1 1 34 Benjamin Alden Bidlack.

Judge Sharswood said of Judge Jones: "As a judge he was
remarkable for great courtesy, immovable patience, and unwearied
attention. He was, therefore, a safe, though, it must be con-
fessed, a slow judge. When he had once formed an opinion at
nisi prius, which was after great deliberation, he was hardly ever
known to change it. His law learning was very considerable,
but it lay more among the ancients than the modern books, and
it was with much difficulty that he could turn the current of his
ideas upon legal subjects into new channels. Kind in his dispo-
sition, yielding in his temper, affable in his manner, unbending
in his integrity, and pure in his life, his memory is that of the just-
is blessed. He was an excellent Hebrew and Greek scholar, and
an earnest student of the bible in the original tongues. He
published a volume entitled 'The Patriarchal Age; or, The
Story of Joseph,' in which much critical acuteness, as well as
extensive Oriental erudition, was exhibited."

BENJAMIN ALDEN BIDLACK.

Benjamin Alden Bidlack was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county. Pa., January 5, 1825. He was a descendant of Chris-
topher Bidlack, who came from England to Windham, Connec-
ticut, in 1722. Captain James Bidlack, a descendant of Chris-
topher Bidlack, came with his family to the Wyoming valley in
1777. A son of his, Captain James Bidlack, jr., fell at the head
of his company in the battle and massacre of Wyoming, only
eight of the whole number surviving that fearful tragedy. Another
son was made a prisoner on Long Island, and " was starved to
death by the British." Benjamin Bidlack, another son, came with
his father to the valley of Wyoming. The history of the Bidlack
family is identified with the romantic period of the history of
this far-famed valley. The father, when quite advanced in years,
was captain of a company of old men organized for the defense
of their homes while their sons entered the regular service and
were called away to other points of danger. He was surprised

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by a company of Indians and suffered a distressing captivity,
which only terminated with the end of the war. He returned to the
Wyoming valley and lived to see his country rise into almost un-
hoped for prosperity — the fruit of the services of the patriots of
the revolution. Benjamin Bidlack was seven years in the service
as a soldier. He was at Boston when Washington assembled
his forces to oppose Gage, at Trenton at the taking of the Hes-
sians, at Yorktown at the surrender of Cornwallis, and in the
camp at Newburg when the army was disbanded. When peace
with the mother country was concluded he returned to the lovely
valley of Wyoming, as he hoped to live in quiet and to give
succor to his aged sire in the decline of life. But alas ! He
came to this spot, rendered so beautiful, and lovely by the hand
of nature's God, to see further exhibitions of the malignity of
the human heart — "The Pennamite and Yankee war," a fierce
and bloody conflict between the Connecticut and Pennsyl-
vania settlers — for the title of the soil was then renewed.
Young Bidlack was what the Pennsylvanians called a " wild
Yankee." He was not disposed to engage in the fray, for al-
though he was as good a soldier as ever breathed, he had a kind
heart, and of course, hated this unnatural war. He engaged in
business and made a trip down the Susquehanna to Sunbury
about the distance of fifty miles. Here he was seized by the
Pennsylvania party and put in jail. He was a jovial fellow and
manifested so much good nature and was so fine a singer that a
company from the neighborhood frequently assembled in the
evening to hear him sing. On one occasion he told them
that he had a favorite song they had never heard. It was "The
Old Swaggering Man," but he could not sing it without more
room, and he must have a staff in his hand, as the effect depended
much on the action. Nothing suspicious, they gave him a cud-
gel and allowed him liberty to make his sallies into the hall. All
at once as he commenced his chorus, " Here goes the old swag-
gering man," he darted out of the door, and in a trite was out
of their reach, outdistancing the fleetest of them. The next day
he was safe at home and was never more disturbed. Bidlack
having a most splendid voice, and being full of fun and frolic,
was not unfrequently the center and life of sporting and drinking

1 1 36 Benjamin Alden Bidlack.

parties. Still he had religious notions and religious feelings, and
wild and wicked as he was, he would go to the Methodist meet-
ings and lead the singing, sometimes, indeed, when he was
scarcely in a condition to do it with becoming gravity. The
Methodist preachers who planted the gospel standard in the in-
terior of this state were the pioneers of the country, and many
of them officers or soldiers of the revolution. They were con-
sequently jTien of nerve and capable of great endurance. At
length Mr. Bidlack was awakened and converted to God, and
henceforth he "sowed" no more "wild oats." He soon began to
exhort his neighbors to "flee from the wrath to come," and to
sing the songs of Zion with a heart and a power that moved the
feelings, while it charmed the ear. " Ben Bidlack has become a
Methodist preacher," rang through the country and stin-ed up a
mighty commotion. His first circuit embraced his own neigh-
borhood and even the jail from which but a few years before he
had escaped, shouting, " Here goes the old swaggering man.''
The appointment at least shows the state of the public mind in
relation to him where he was best known, and is very much to
his credit. Mr. Bidlack was married and had three children when
he commenced travelling. During his effective relation, to the
conference he had sixteen appointments, standing in the follow-
ing order : Wyoming, Seneca, Delaware, Ulster, Herkimer, Mo-
hawk, Otsego, Chenango, Pompey, Seneca, Lyons, Shamokin,
Northumberland and Lycoming. Look at his removes. One year
he goes from Wyoming to the Seneca Lake, and the next from that
to the Delaware. This was itinerancy in deed and in truth. Anyone
who can recollect what was the condition of the roads sixty-five
or seventy years ago in the regions in which he travelled and
through which he removed his family can, in some measure, ap-
preciate the labors which he performed. Mr. Bidlack was re-
moved every year during his itinerancy, with the exception of
three. His first wife was Lydia, a daughter of Prince Alden, of
Newport township. He was the son of Andrew, who was the
son of Captain Jonathan, who was the son of Hon. John Alden.
(See page 305.) After the death of his first, wife he married the
widow of Lieutenant Lawrence Myers, of Kingston. Mr. Bid-
lack stood something over six feet, erect, with a full,|prominent chest.

Benjamin Alden Bidlack. 1137

broad shoulders and powerful limbs. His black hair sprinkled
with gray hung upon his shoulders, and his large, open features
bore an expression of gravity and benignity, mingled with cheer-
fulness, which at once prepossessed one in his favor. His voice
was powerful and harmonious. Naturally, his voice was the very
soul of music, and much of its melody remained until he was far
advanced in life. He was an effective preacher, though not a
profound thinker. His sermons were fine specimens of native
eloquence, and were often attended with great power. One of
his favorite discourses — at least it was a favorite with his hearers
— was upon the words : "They that turn the world upside down
have come hither also." In laying out his discourse on this text,
he proceeded : First, I shall show that the world was made right
side up. Secondly, That it has been turned wrong side up. And
thirdly, That it is now to be turned upside down ; then it will be
fight side up again. Here he had the main doctrines of every
old-fashioned Methodist sermon directly in his way. First, man
was created holy ; secondly, he has fallen, and thirdly, he is re-
deemed by Christ, and must be regenerated by the Holy Ghost.
The ncame the exhortation to sinners to "repent and be converted."
The sermons of Mr. Bidlack were plain expositions of scripture,
and manifested a thorough knowledge of the bible, and consid-
erable acquaintance with the writings of Wesley and Fletcher.
He died November 27, 1845, in the eighty-seventh year of his age.
Benjamin Alden Bidlack, only son of Rev. Benjamin Bidlack
and Lydia, his wife, was born in Paris, Oneida county, N. Y.,
September 8, 1804. He completed his education at the academy
in this city, then under the charge of Joel and Samuel Jones, and
read law with Garrick Mallery. Shortly after his admission he
was appointed deputy attorney general for this county. In 1834
he was treasurer of Luzerne county. In 1835 and 1836 he repre-
sented this county in the legislature of the state. He was a repre-
sentative in congress from this county from 1841 to 1845.
Immediately after the expiration of his term in congress he was
appointed minister to New Granada (now the United States of
Colombia), and died in Bogota, February 6, 1849. The American
residents of that city erected a very handsome monument to his
memory. He established and edited The Northern Eagle, the

1 138 Henry Pettebone.

first paper ever published in Pike county, Pa. In 1833 he, in
connection with a Mr. Atherholt, purchased the Republican
Farmer, and they in turn sold the newspaper to Samuel P. Ceilings
in 1835. While in New Granada Mr. Bidlack wrote a work on the
manners and customs of the natives and the resources of the
country, fragments of which he sent home. He intended to pub-
lish the same, but his untimely death and the loss of his manu-
script prevented its publication. He also negotiated a very
important treaty between this country and New Granada, which
received great commendation from the president and other men
in high places. Mr. Bidlack was twice married. His first wife
was Fanny Stewart, a daughter of James Stewart. (See page
836.) Mr. Bidlack married his second wife September 8, 1829.
She was Margaret M. Wallace, daughter of James Wallace, and
granddaughter of William Wallace. The wife of William Wal-
lace was Elizabeth d'Aertz, a daughter of Francis Josephus
d'Aertz, who came from France with General Lafayette, and who
married the daughter of Colonel John Broadhead. Mr. and Mrs.
Bidlack had the following children — William Wallace Bidlack,
who, during the late civil war, served in the field and hospital as
surgeon ; Mary E. Bidlack, who married Edward James Reed,
of Philadelphia ; Benjamin Alden Bidlack; James B. W. Bidlack,
who served as a soldier in the late civil war, and has been for the
past year medical director of the American Exposition in Lon-
don ; Frances B. Bidlack ; Helen Bidlack, and Blanche d'Aertz
Bidlack. The widow of Benjamin Alden Bidlack married for her
second husband the late Thomas W. Miner, M. D., of this city,
and is still living.

HENRY PETTEBONE.

Henry Pettebone, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county. Pa., August 3, 1825, was the son of Oliver Pettebone, and
grandson of Noah Pettebone, of Simsbury, Conn. (See page
460.) Henry Pettebone was born in Kingston, Pa,, October 5,
1802. He was educated at the Kingston Academy, and read
law with George Denison. On February 17, 1830, he was ap-

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pointed prothonotary and clerk of the Orphans' Court, Quarter
Sessions and Oyer and Terminer for a term of three years, and on
January 21, 1833, he was re-appointed to the same offices for an
additional term of three years. On March 6, 1845, he was ap-
pointed an associate judge of Luzerne county for a term of five
years. He was also a merchant and a contractor on the North
Branch Canal. In 1828 Mr. Pettebone, in connection with Henry
Held, established The Republican Farmer in this city. In 183 1
Mr. Pettebone sold his interest to J. J. Adam. The wife of Henry
Pettebone was Elizabeth, daughter of John Sharps, a native of
Greenwich township, Warren county, N. J. The Sharp family
were very prominent in Greenwich at an early day. The name
was originally Sharpensteins, and the family were of Dutch origin.
Four brothers, John, Stuffle, Jacob and Peter each owned exten-
sive farms, which they improved and upon which they resided.
Jacob Sharps at a later day removed to Kingston, Pa. He was
the father of John Sharps, the father of Mrs. Pettebone. The
wife of John Sharps was Martha Welch. Mr. and Mrs. Pette-
bone left two children to survive them — William Pettebone and
Martha, who married William Streater, son of Dr. Streater, of
this city. Judge Pettebone was at one time clerk of the senate
of Pennsylvania, and was at the time of his death. May 5, 185 i,
secretary and general ticket agent of the Lackawanna & Blooms-
burg Railroad Company.

BENJAMIN PARKE.

Benjamin Parke read law in this city, and was admitted to the
bar of Luzerne county. Pa., in 1825. He was the grandson of
Captain Benjamin Parke, who was slain at the battle of Bunker
Hill, June 17, 1775. Thomas Parke, son of Benjamin Parke,
was brought up under the care of his grandfather, a clergyman,
and received a good education. He removed from Charleston,
R. I., in 1796, and was one of the first settlers of Dimock, Luzerne
(now Susquehanna) county. In 1800 he married Eunice Cham-
plin, of Newport, R. I. He was a fine mathematician, a good
practical surveyor, and was an occasional contributor to the news-

1 140 Benjamin Parke.

papers of the day. He had filled several minor offices in his
native state, invested his patrimony and means in the purchase
of the Connecticut title to lands in Pennsylvania, and came here
the legal owner, as he supposed, of some ten thousand acres —
nearly half the township of Bidwell — lying on the waters of the Me-
shoppen, and covering parts of what is now Dimock and Spring-
ville. He fixed his residence in the former (Parkvale), where he
lived till his death in 1842. When he came to look up his lands
he found only two settlers west of "Nine Partners,'' and they were
near what is now Brooklyn Centre. West of that to the Wyalu-
sing creek was a belt of twenty-five miles, north and south, an
unbroken forest. With the aid of his compass he explored and
marked a path to the forks of the Wyalusing, the nearest place
where any breadstuffs could be obtained, from whence they were
to be brought on his back until the next season, when a small
green crop was raised. In the winter of 1797 he walked home
to Charleston, and walked back the next spring. By the Trenton
decree he lost all the wordly estate he possessed, and was after-
wards obliged to purchase upon credit from his successful oppo-
nents, paying by surveying about six hundred acres, including
the farm upon which he lived and died. He was for three years
one of the commissioners of Luzerne county, and also in 181 1
one of the three trustees appointed by the governor to run the
lines, lay off and organize Susquehanna county.

Benjamin Parke, eldest son of Thomas Parke, practiced his
profession in this city a kw years after his admission, and then
removed to Harrisburg, Pa. While there he, in company with
William F. Packer (afterwards governor), edited and published the
Kej/stone,then the central and leading organ of the democratic party
in Pennsylvania. After disposing of that paper he for a time edited
the Harrisburg Argus, and commenced the publication of the
Pennsylvania Farmer and Common School Intelligencer. In 1834
he was appointed by Governor Wolf to be the prothonotary of
the middle district of the Supreme Court, consisting of sixteen
counties. He also held the office of commissioner in bankruptcy,
and was the principal compiler of Parke and Johnson's "Digest
of the laws of Pennsylvania," published in 1837. He returned to
Susquehanna county in i860.

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JAMES McCLINTOCK.

James McClintock, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county, Pa., January 23, 1826, was a native of Jersey Shore, Pa.
He was the son of Thomas McClintock, and. grandson of James
McClintock, both of whom were natives of Raphoe, county of
Donegal, Ireland. He read law with his uncle, Ethan Baldwin,
and was for some years one of the most prominent lawyers at the
Luzerne bar. He was a great orator, and whenever he spoke
the court room was certain to be crowded. In 1832 he was a
candidate for congress against Thomas W. Miner and Andrew
Beaumont, but was defeated by the latter. Soon after this he
lost his wife (who was Miss Johnson, of Germantown, Pa.) and
child. He then had a severe attack of brain fever, and became
hopelessly insane. He survived his insanity over fifty years.

GEORGE C. DRAKE.

George C. Drake was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county.
Pa., August 8, 1827. He was the son of Benjamin Drake, who
was born April 22, 1778, in Mendham, Morris county, N. J. The
latter was a merchant in this city for some years, and was also
a blacksmith. His first wife, whom he married January 23, 1799,
was Susanna Wright, a daughter of William Wright, an old
resident of this city. (See page 1 125.) His second wife, whom
he married March 2, 18 17, was Nancy S. Ely, a native of Abing-
ton, Montgomery county, Pa., where she was born February 10,
1788. The only living descendant of this second marriage is Wil-
liam Drake Loomis, of this city. George C. Drake was born in
Wilkes-Barre, May 25, 1806. He practiced his profession in this
city for a few years, was district attorney of the county, and in
1833 became a Protestant Episcopal minister. He officiated as
such at Bloomsburg, Pa., Danville, Pa,, Muncy, Pa., and other

1 142 Sylvester Dana.

places. He was married three times. His first wife was Abigail
Haines, a daughter of George Haines, of this city. There were
two children by this marriage — Abigail and Elizabeth — both
deceased. His second wife was Margaret Shoemaker, a daughter
of Jacob Shoemaker and his wife, Sophia Robb, daughter of
Robert Robb, of Muncy, Pa. By this marriage Mr. Drake left five
surviving children — Margaret, wife of Dr. J. J. Whitney ; Charles;
Harriet, wife of F. C. Peterman ; Benjamin and Anna Drake. His
third wife was Sophia Robb, a daughter of William Robb and his
wife Mary, daughter of Henry Shoemaker, of Muncy, Pa. Mr.
Drake left two surviving children by this marriage — Susan, wife
of Milo W. Ward, and John Drake. George C. Drake died at
Muncy, Pa., June 27, 1878.

SYLVESTER DANA.

Sylvester Dana, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county. Pa., November 7, 1828, was a native of Wilkes-Barre, Pa.,
where he was born May 28, 1806. He was the son of Anderson
Dana, a native of Connecticut, who was born August 11, 1765,
who was the son of Anderson Dana, born in 1733, and his wife,
Susanna (Huntington) Dana, who was the son of Jacob Dana,
born in 1698, who was the son of Jacob Dana, born in 1664, who
was the son of Richard Dana, who was born in France, April 15,
1612, and died in Cambridge, Mass., April 2, 1690. Sylvester
Dana was educated at the Wilkes-Barre Academy, then under
the charge of Rev. Joseph H. Jones, D. D., and at Yale College,
from which he graduated in 1826. He read law with Garrick
Mallery, and practiced in this city and Circleville, Ohio. Owing
to failing health and trouble with his voice, which prevented
putplic speaking, he returned to Wilkes-Barre from Ohio, and
in 1835 became the principal of the Wilkes-Barre Academy,
which position he held until 1839, when he established Dana's
Academy. A few years since he gave up his school and removed
to Lower Makefield, Bucks county. Pa., where he died June 19,

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1882. Mr. Dana married, March 26, 1832, Elizabeth Brown, a
daughter of Moses and Elizabeth (Frisbie) Brown, of Connecticut.
Five children were the result of this union — Eunice A. Dana,
Elizabeth Dana, Louisa A. Dana, Ellen Dana, and Robert S.
Dana, whose wife is Fanny Pawlings, who have one son, Sylves-
ter Dana.

WILLIAM STERLING ROSS.

William Sterling Ross was commissioned an associate judge of
Luzerne county. Pa., May 6, 1829, as the successor of Jesse Fell,
which position he held until 1839 — the time of the adoption of
the amended constitution of the state. His wife died June 23,
1882. They left no children. For a sketch of Judge Ross see
page 296.

THOMAS EDWARD PAINE.

Thomas Edward Paine, who was admitted to the bar of Lu-
zerne county. Pa., April 7, 1830, was a descendant of Thomas
Paine, of Eastham, Cape Cod, Mass., who, at various periods from
1767 to 1782, was a member of the Massachusetts legisla-
ture, and in the list of deputies to the Old Colony court the names
of his father and grandfather often occur as far back as 1671, the
family having resided at Eastham from about the first settle-
ment of the Cape. The name of Thomas Paine appears in the
history of Eastham upon various committees appointed for car-
rying out the principles of freedom in resistance to British
tyranny during the revolution. His mother, Alice Mayo, was a
descendant of Governor Thomas Prince, and Robert Treat Paine,
a signer of the declaration of independence, was his cousin, as
was also William Payne, the father of John Howard Payne,
author of "Home, Sweet Home." Having lost most of his prop-
erty by the reverses of the war, and his wife dying, he removed

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from Cape Cod to Boston, and subsequently to Maine. He was
a man of intelligence and piety. The family being thus broken
up, the sons were thrown upon their own resources and widely
scattered, though keeping up by correspondence the bond of
family union. One of the elder brothers was an early volunteer
in the continental army, and another was twice taken prisoner
on board a privateer. Clement Paine, the son of Thomas Paine,
was born August 11, 1769, at Eastham, and at the age of fourteen
years went to Portland (then Falmouth), Maine, to learn the
printing business. He was subsequently engaged in various
publishing offices in Boston and New York, and in 1791 formed
the project, in connection with his brother Seth, of establishing a
press and journal at *' Kaatskill on the Hudson." But the type
and other material ordered by them from London was lost at sea
in the brig "Betsy," and the enterprise was abandoned, although
we find that the publication of the Catskill Packet was commenced
a year or two later by Croswell & Co., with good success. In
1791 and 1792 Clement Paine was engaged in the office of Clay-
poole's Daily Advertiser at Philadelphia, then the seat of the
general government under Washington's administration. It was
there he frequently saw the first president, and a strong sentiment
of respect and admiration then formed for the personal character
of Washington remained with him through life. In September,
1792, Clement Paine, in connection with his brother, David Paine,
erected a store and potash factory at Rensselaerville, N. Y. The
business, however, did not prove a success. In March, 1794,
David writes from " Owago on the Susquehanna" to Clement,
who remained to wind up the concern, and soon after from Tioga
Point, where the former had become connected with William
Bingham in the purchase and sale of lands under the Connecticut
title. Clement came to Tioga Point in December, 1794, and the
brothers were there connected in trade and land operations.
During the winter and spring of 1796 Clement had charge of the
business of his brother Seth at Charleston, S. C, who was pub-
lishing the City Gazette, the ficst daily paper ever printed there.
His partner was Peter Freneau, secretary of the state, and the
brother of Philip Freneau, well known as a poet and journalist.
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in after years and for a long period the family residence of the
latter. It was in part built by the father of Judge Elwell. The
conflicting land titles of Connecticut and Pennsylvania began to
interfere much with both public and private property throughout
the region, and in 1797 Clement Paine writes : "Many people are
of opinion that violent measures will be resorted to before the
dispute is iinally settled, but I can hardly persuade myself that
this State will attempt a thing so amazingly absurd as it would
be, under the present circumstances, to send on troops to dis-
possess the settlers here, who, by estimation, now amount to from
twelve to fifteen thousand people. We shall continue regularly
to prosecute our business, notwithstanding the hostile attitude of
our enemies, and such is the general intention of the people."
Later in the same year he writes : "A great stagnation of mer-
cantile and speculative business is the universal complaint
throughout this northern country. The sale of new land in any
situation seems entirely suspended, and it is difficult to obtain
money for any kind of property." The brothers were associated
with Colonel Franklin and others in vindicating the rights of the
settlers, and in behalf of the common cause David made repeated
journeys to Philadelphia and New England. During the uncer-
tainty and depression of the times Clement began the study of
law, and again spent a winter or two in Philadelphia. In March,
1 80 1, on a passage from that city to New England, his vessel
was wrecked on the south coast of Long Island, and he, with
other passengers, barely escaped with their lives. In i8oi his
esteemed brother, Seth Paine, whose publishing house had grown
into an extensive business, died of yellow fever at Charleston,
and at that city, for a part of several subsequent years, Clement
Paine was engaged in the collection of claims and the settlement
of the estate, in which he succeeded beyond expectation. For
quite a long period after its first settlement Tioga Point, or
Athens, as it is now called, was the centre of trade for a consid-
erable part of the country. During the earher years of his busi-
ness there Clement Paine purchased his stocks of goods princi-
pally from Orrin Day and Dr. Croswell, at Catskill, from whence
(as for more than twenty years afterwards from New York and
Philadelphia) he had them transported in wagons to Athens.

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Sometimes, however, they came up the river on "Durham boats,"
which were propelled with poles. In July, 1806, he was married
to Anne Woodbridge, a native of Glastenbury, Conn., the daugh-
ter of Major Theodore Woodbridge, an officer of the revolutionary
army, who removed to Wayne county. Pa., about 1800. She
died in October, 1834, at the age of fifty years. In 1812 Clement
Paine was a presidential elector, casting the vote of his district for
James Madison and Elbridge Gerry. During the war of 18 12
he was active in procuring volunteers for the army, together with
arms and supplies for their use. In 1844 he removed to Troy,
Pa., where he died at the residence of his son, in March, 1849.

Thomas E. Paine, son of Clement Paine, practiced his profes-
sion in this city for several years. He became a Protestant
Episcopal minister, and was ordained deacon by Bishop Kemper
July 23, 1837. He was rector of St. Paul's church, Palmyra, Mo.,
in 1841. He died at Woodville, Miss., in 1843.

GEORGE WASHINGTON WOODWARD.

George Washington Woodward was admitted to the bar of
Luzerne county. Pa., August 3, 1830, and died in Rome, Italy,
May 10, 1875. He .sailed for Europe from Philadelphia on Oc-
tober 22, 1874, to join his daughter, Lydia C, accompanied by
Mrs. Woodward and her niece. After visiting many parts of
England they sojourned for awhile in Paris, and thence went to
Italy, stopping at various places and cities of that country, and
finally settled in Rome for the remainder of the winter. Colonel
Forney, in several of his letters to the Press from Italy, mentioned
the pleasure he had in meeting Judge Woodward and his family,
and particularly remarked upon the Judge's great interest in the
ruins of Pompeii, among which he spent many hours. Rome,
always a residence exposing foreigners to the danger of typhoid
and malarial fevers, had been particularly unpleasant and un-
healthy during that winter. Letters received from Rome, not
only those which had appeared in public papers, but also those

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written to family friends at home, had all mentioned the long
continuance of cold weather and unusual rains, which brought as
their concomitants fever and other forms of disease. It was but
a few days before his death that a letter was received from Judge
Woodward designating the following August as the time of his
return home. At its date he was in good health ; in fact, he had
never complained of any ailment during his absence.

George W. Woodward was born March 26, 1809, and was con-
sequently in the sixty-seventh year of his age at the time of his
death. His birthplace was Bethany, then the seat of justice of
Wayne county. Pa. His father, at the time of his birth, was
sheriff of the county, and subsequently became an associate judge,
an office which he held up to the date of his death in 1829. The
family had settled in Pennsylvania before the revolution. The
two grandfathers of Judge Woodward formed part of a colony
from Connecticut which, cotemporaneously with the emigration
to Wyoming, had occupied, in the year 1774, the valley of the
Wallenpaupack, which forms the present boundary between the
counties of Wayne and Pike. After the battle and massacre of
Wyoming the colonists were driven from their homes by the
tories and Indians. The women and children were enabled to
find shelter and food in the counties of Orange and Dutchess, in
the state of New York, while most of the men of the colony en-
listed in the revolutionary army, and generally in different regi-
ments of the Connecticut line. Jacob Kimble, the maternal
grandfather of Judge Woodward, commanded a company as
captain in the Connecticut line throughout the war. After the
war of the revolution, in 1783, the survivors of the settlers
returned to the valley of the Wallenpaupack, and commenced that
career of toil and hardship which in that age was always, for at
least one generation, incident to frontier life. The colony was
remote and obscure ; the early improvements, in consequence of
their enforced abandonment for a series of years, had become
valueless, and the means of the settlers had been exhausted by the
necessity for their support during their absence. The winter
following their return is still tr'aditional throughout the country-
side as the severest one of the century. The nearest settlement
at which supplies could be obtained was Milford, on the Dela-

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ware, and every mouthful of the food of the colonists in all that
dreary winter was carried upon the backs of men who traversed
upon snow-shoes the thirty miles between Milford and their
homes. The colony soon became prosperous, and, like all such
communities, soon began to send out into the world large num-
bers of hardy, vigorous, and unflinching men. From the rugged
character of the country in which they were reared, and from the
habits of self-reliance which their isolation induced, the colonists
of the Wallenpaupack have always been distinguished for a pecu-
liar physical and mental energy. Imbued with the blood of the
Wallenpaupack, Judge Woodward had inherited with it the un-
bending courage, the resolute will, the clear, concentrated power,
and the outspoken and open contempt for baseness and base
men, which always characterized the pioneers from whom he
was descended.

The early education of Judge Woodward was such as the cir-
cumstances of the country and the period permitted. The county
of Wayne was upon the frontier, and the schools were designed
for only the necessary wants of a community of struggling and
straitened settlers. It has been said, however, that he had the
advantage of a training by an elder brother, who died early, but
who for the time was an accomplished mathematician, and who
gave to his pupil the foundation for a thorough mathematical
education. As soon as he attained a suitable age his father
placed him at the Geneva Seminary — now Hobart College — at
Geneva, New York, where for some years he was the classmate
of several young men who have since been distinguised in public
life, including the Hon. Henry S. Randall, formerly secretary of
state, and the Hon. Horatio Seymour, ex-governor of New York
and the democratic candidate for the presidency in 1868. From
there he was transferred to the Wilkes-Barre Academy, then in
charge of Dr. M. P. Orton. In every respect this change was
most fortunate. The school itself was one of the last of a class
of institutions which, prior to the advent of the common school
system, afforded to students the means of thoroughly mastering
the groundwork of classical, mathematical, and scientific knowl-
edge. While the course of study was not greatly extended, it
was thorough as far as it went. And certainly no equivalent for

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the old system of academical education is now in existence, ex-
cept in the few schools of a polytechnic character, where a scholar
can be trained in and for a specialty and nothing else. Dr. Orton
him.self entertained adequate conceptions of the value of his own
position and a conscientious sense of his responsibility to his
pupils. The academy under his charge was successful for a long
period of years, and in 1828 young Woodward left it with an
education which, in thoroughness, clearness, and finish, he could
not have elsewhere readily acquired.

Leaving school. Judge Woodward first entered the office of the
late Thomas Fuller, of Wayne county, and then of the Hon. Gar-
rick Mallery, at Wilkes-Barre, as a student at law. Mr. Mallery
had long been the leading lawyer in northern Pennsylvania, and
was at that time a member of the state legislature. In April,
1831, he was appointed by Governor Wolf president judge of the
Berks judicial district, and Judge Woodward, who had been ad-
mitted to the bar in August, 1830, became the occupant of his
office and succeeded to his business. His success at the bar was
very rapid and very great. His intellect was one of those which
mature early. He had great capacity for labor, and both physical
and moral courage. He was an eloquent and impressive speaker,
and his weight of character, as well as his abilities, soon gave
him the influence which character always secures both with
courts and juries. He was in full practice in Luzerne, Wayne,
Pike, Monroe and Susquehanna counties, and in the Supreme
Court of the state, within a very short time after the transfer of
Mr. Mallery to the bench. He was a thoroughly bred lawyer,
laboring every question and every cause with unfailing energy,
and his success in practice was in proportion to the expenditure
he bestowed upon it. He was a man of commanding personal
appearance, being over six feet high and built in proportion. On
the bench he was the very personification of noble dignitj', and
with him no lawyer or any other person dared to trifle. Never-
theless, he was a courteous judge, always regardful of the rights
and privileges of all with whom he came in contact. He was
deeply versed in all legal lore, was eminently a just and an upright
judge, and an earnest and sincere christian gentleman. He was
an honor to the bench and a citizen and statesman to whom our

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country will always point with honest pride, as being among the
ablest and noblest men of his epoch.

His political connections, as well from his own instinct as from
inherited influences, had always been with the democratic party.
From the foundation of the government his family had also been
democrats. Belonging to the yeomanry of the state, whigs during
the revolution and soldiers in the continental army, they had no
sympathy with, and nothing to hope from, the class of men who
formed the federal party of that day. His father had been elected
sheriff by the democracy of Wayne county and commissioned by
Governor McKean, and his commission as judge had been given
him by Governor Snyder, one of that staunch race of German
governors who impressed sound views of public questions upon
the people of Pennsylvania in a way that art, sophistry, falsehood,
violence and terrorism have in vain sought to disturb. His
brothers were also democrats, and were prominent in the politics
of the northern part of the state. One of them died in 1825,
holding the offices of register, recorder, prothonotary, and clerk
of the courts in Wayne; and another of them subsequently repre-
sented the Northampton district, to which the county was then
attached, in the legislature. Devoted as he was to his profession,
he always exhibited a warm and abiding interest in the political
issues then pending. The struggle between the administration
of General Jackson and the United States Bank was going on
with all its virulence, and the position of Judge Woodward in
support of the administration was taken promptly and firmly
and maintained with unyielding courage and vigor. In 1835, in
the unfortunate division of the party between two rival candidates,
which resulted in the disaster of the election of Governor Ritner,
he took strong ground in favor of Mr. Muhlenburg and against
Governor Wolf The influence of Mr. Ritner's administration
upon all the interests of Pennsylvania was evil in an inexpressible
degree. It also brought into power for the first time a class of
dangerous men. It led to the introduction into the government
of the state maxims and practices previously unknown, which,'
fostered by one party and tampered with by the other, have
tended to subvert all safe theories, to demoralize large numbers
of the people of the state, and to destroy in many politicians all

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sense of personal honor and public virtue. The chartering by
the state legislature of the United States Bank in 1836; the
avowed and shameless profligacy in the management of public
improvements ; the encouragement given to corporations, and
cognate questions, preparing as they did, in an insidious way, the
public mind for that tendency to centralized despotism in the
national government which is so lamentably manifest now, were
all fruits of this original misfortune. From that time to the
present there has been no single hour when the public interests
have not required at the hands of every Pennsylvania patriot the
most patient and vigilant watchfulness and the most energetic
and unrelaxing effort to defeat the selfish schemes of speculators
and jobbers, and to arrest the tendency which has been uniform
and constant toward the subversion of all democratic institutions.
In this duty, it is but justice to Judge Woodward to say, that he
was always ready to make the sacrifices and to assume the bur-
dens which patriotism required of him. Acting steadily with the
democratic party, watching anxiously the course of public events,
and always ready with his pen, his voice, and his vote to vindi-
cate safe principles, he shrunk from none of the occasional odium
and none of the local inconveniences which all men who keep
unflinchingly in the path of duty must at some period encounter.
In 1836 Judge Woodward was elected a delegate to the con-
vention called by the legislature to reform the constitution of the
state. Associated with him from Luzerne county were Andrew
Bedford, M. D., William Swetland and E. W. Sturdevant, Esqs.
In May, 1837, the convention met. It embraced the most expe-
rienced and able men of the commonwealth. Its numbers
included lawyers in the leading ranks of the bar, judges who had
been long upon the bench, and gentlemen who had held high
positions in the state and national governments. When it assem-
bled there was a small majority opposed to any reform whatever,
and that majority included almost every member of established
reputation. As a leading member upon the judiciary committee,
although only twenty-eight years of age, he at once took rank
with such men as John Sergeant, James M. Porter, Thaddeus
Stevens, Daniel Agnew, Tobias Sellers, William Findlay, and
William M. Meredith. As a pungent, polished, erudite debater

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he found few equals and no superior, and soon took high rank.
He believed in all that was expressed in the old democratic
motto, "This world is governed too much," and "the best gov-
ernment is that which governs least." Judge Woodward was
then an obscure and unknown lawyer from the north and one
of the youngest men in the convention ; and with defined and
strong views in favor of reform, the prospect of success seemed
disheartening and unpromising enough. But the feelings of the
people of the state were distinct and soon came to be distinctly
announced. One step after another was gained, and in the end
every object which had been sought by the call of the convention
was gained. These debates covered in their range all the leading
and vital questions involved in the theories and practices of repre-
sentative government. Under the old constitution the judges of
the state had been appointed by the governor for life. A leading
struggle in the convention was to limit this tenure, and it resulted
in a provision for the appointment of judges of the Supreme Court
for fifteen years and of the judges of original jurisdiction for ten
years. Inferior magistrates had been appointed for life also. It
was provided that they, as well as the executive officers of the
different counties, should be elected by the people. The power
of corporations to appropriate the private property of the citizen
under legislative grant was restricted, and in all cases of such
appropriation security to the citizen was required. In order to
settle a question, which had even then become a source of anx-
ious and angry controversy, by constitutional enactment, the
right of suffrage was limited to the white inhabitants of Pennsyl-
vania. In the earlier constitutions of the state no necessity had
occurred to their framers for the insertion of this limitation. No
man had dreamed that the rights of political citizenship would be
ever claimed for negroes. The argument of Judge Woodward
upon this question in the convention was the clearest, ablest, and
most convincing vindication of the proposed amendment which
the debates contain. In all that has been written and spoken
upon the subject since there has been no such satisfactory dis-
cussion of the peculiar status of the negro in this country. It
was proved that his race was a caste, and that for their benefit, as
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and social inferiority must be recognized. It was shown that
any attempt to inculcate practically the theory of the equality of
the races would involve the inevitable necessity of leveling not
the negro up, but the white man down. It was demonstrated
that in all the history of the world, the order of Providence had
been that in the struggle of races the weakest should depend on
the strongest ; that the development and civilization of mankind
had been thus always promoted ; and that all efforts founded on
the morbid, uneasy, impatient, and restless conscientiousness of
extreme men must end in incalculable injury to the Superior race,
and in the almost certain annihilation of the inferior and depend-
ent caste. It is gravely to be regretted that principles so sound
and salutary have come to be abandoned and derided by our
present rulers.

At the close of the reform convention Mr. Woodward returned
to Wilkes-Barre and resumed the practice of his profession. In
the autumn of 1838, after a vigorous contest, David R. Porter,
the democratic candidate for governor, was elected. He was sup-
ported by Mr. Woodward most ably and efficiently. In April,
1841, a vacancy having occurred in the office of president judge
of the fourth judicial district, composed of the counties of Miff-
lin, Huntingdon, Centre, Clearfield, and Clinton, he was appointed
to that office. His splendid career in that distinguished position
is yet well reriiembered. Before him were then practicing in
Bellefonte, where Judge Woodward resided, such men as James
Macmanus, H. N. M'AUister, James T. Hale (afterwards on
the bench). Colonel (afterwards judge) James Burnside, Andrew
G. Curtin, (since governor and minister to Russia), Samuel Linn
(since judge), D. C. Boal, and other distinguished lawyers.
Shortly after his appointment a division of the district was made,
leaving the counties of Centre, Clinton, and Clearfield to compose
the fourth district, in which he remained until the expiration of
his term, in April, 185 r. He discharged the duties of the ofifice
acceptably to the people of the district and with great ability and
great energy.

From the time of his appointment to the bench, in 1841, Judge
Woodward was debarred, by the public opinion prevalent in his
party, from active personal participation in political contests.

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His interest in public events, however, was maintained, and he
watched their progress with an observant eye, ever ready to coun-
sel and advise those who were charged with the responsibility of
the government. He supported Mr. Polk for president, and
Francis R. Shunk for governor, in 1844, and after the election, as
soon as it was ascertained that Mr. Buchanan was to become a
member of the cabinet of Mr. Polk, the minds of the leading
members of the party throughout the state were turned to Judge
Woodward as the candidate for United States senator, to be select-
ed in order to supply the vacancy thus created. He received the
nomination of the caucus of the democratic members of the
legislature, and by every rule regulating the action of political
parties in the state was entitled to an election, which the majority
of the democrats in the legislature was large enough fully to
ensure. Influences, however, were brought to bear upon several
members of the majority, whose votes secured his defeat and the
election of Simon Cameron, the candidate of the whigs, and of a
faction representing for the first time in the politics of the state a
native American party. In the case of every democrat who voted
against Judge Woodward, his motives, and the manner in which
he was controlled, were well known, and, in most instances, fully
disclosed at the time ; but the pretext by which they attempted
to justify their conduct was common to them all.

But although bad men thus gained a temporary triumph over
Judge Woodward, by a base and slanderous representation of
his feeling towards foreigners, our adopted citizens themselves
well understood his position in relation to them. They knew
that he had been more truly and earnestly their friend than any
of the demagogues who have successively courted, abused, and
spurned them. Whenever they have been the victims of popu-
lar prejudice— in 1844, when the native American party was first
founded; in 1854, when the know-nothing organization swept
the northern states with the pervading ruthlessness of an Egyp-
tian plague— he was foremost in denunciation of the efforts of
bad men to trample on their rights. And the support which he
received from foreigners when a candidate for judge of the
Supreme Court in 1852, proves that they recognized and realized
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pretexts for defamation. Mr. Polk was inaugurated in March,
1845, and congress met on the first of the following December.
In the interval, the Hon. Henry Baldwin, a justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States for the circuit composed of the states
of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, had died. On December 23
Mr. Polk appointed Judge Woodward to fill the vacancy. This
was done without consultation or communication with him. In
conferring the appointment, undoubtedly Mr. Polk was influ-
enced by the result of the senatorial election, and by the purpose
to rebuke the unprincipled and unscrupulous intrigue by which
that result had been attained. Unfortunately for the success of
Mr. Polk's object, the appointment had been made without con-
sultation with Mr. Buchanan, the secretary of state, and his oppo-
sition to the confirmation, in connection with the hostility of Gen-
eral Cameron, led to the defeat of Judge Woodward in the sen-
ate. But although General Cameron succeeded in seducing some
three or four democrats to unite with him. Judge Woodward had
the proud satisfaction of receiving an immense majority of the
democratic vote, including all the most illustrious senators of his
party.

Judge Woodward thenceforth devoted himself to the discharge
of the duties of his office during the remainder of his term,
which expired in April, 185 1. He then resumed the practice of
law in his former office in Wilkes-Barre, and was thus employed
until May, 1852, when Governor Bigler appointed him a judge of
the Supreme Court, to fill a vacancy caused by the death of the Hon.
Richard Coulter. By a constitutional amendment adopted in the
year 1850, this office had become elective, and the appointment,
therefore, extended only to the first of December, 1852. He was
nominated as the democratic candidate by the convention of the
party by acclamation, and thus for the first time was able to sub-
mit his merits .and his claims to the decision and discrimination
of the people of the state. He was a candidate in the year of
the presidential election, and that was at that time dependent
upon the result of the general election in October. It was found
in his case, as has been often proved in other cases, that the man
who is apparently the last choice of the political managers may
well be the first choice of the mass of the voters. In the county

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of Luzerne, where he had spent the greater part of his Hfe, and
in several adjacent counties where he was intimately known, he
received a larger vote than had ever been polled for a candidate
in a contested election ; and he succeeded by a majority in the
state that vindicated most amply his professional fitness, his polit-
ical position, and the integrity of his character.

Judge Woodward discharged the duties of this responsible and
laborious office until 1667, and throughout the whole period his
reputation as a judge had been deservedly high. With unusual
powers of concentration and great capacity for labor, his style of
discussing legal questions was singularly forcible, distinct, and
clear. Avoiding all affectation of fine writing on the one hand,
and all tendency to epigram on the other, he says of a case just
that which it is necessary to say in English, that is always simple,
elegant, and racy. There are no opinions in the Pennsylvania
reports more intelligible to plain and unlearned men, and there
are none more thorough, able, and exhaustive. The judgment
of the Supreme Court upon the question of the constitutional
right of soldiers to vote was prepared and entered by him. It
was decided that this right did not exist, and the plain letter of
the constitution was a sufficient warrant for the judgment.

The political position of Judge Woodward was perfectly famil-
iar and perfectly intelligible to the people of Pennsylvania. Reso-
lute in his opposition to any dismemberment of the union —
ready to sustain the national government in every legitimate and
constitutional effort — with two sons connected with the northern
army in the east — with two nephews from the outbreak of the
war in the armies of the west, and with multitudes of relatives in
the military service of the nation everywhere, he insisted upon
the maintenance of the institutions of the government in their
spirit and integrity — upon the supremacy of the law — upon the
preservation of the liberty of the citizen — upon freedom, within
clear, legal limits of action, and thought, and speech. He insist-
ed upon the maintenance of the constitutional immunities of the
states. He was hostile to the whole theory of centralization.
Upon this subject, in a letter written on the first day of July,
1852, he said: "The great lesson taught us is, that the Union
itself, the product of the states, is to be preserved only by main-

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taining the just rights of the states. This truth, as old as our
constitution, is too often forgotten. That the states were pre-
existant to the Union, as sovereignties absolutely free and inde-
pendent, accountable to no power on earth for their domestic
institutions and internal economy ; that they exist still in all the
plenitude of their original sovereignty, save in the few particulars
and to the precise extent of their voluntary surrender of it in a
written constitution, are first principles, to which we do well often
to recur." He was opposed to the exercise of every form of
arbitrary, discretionary, and despotic power, and was always pre-
pared to resist it. That the existence of a war justifies a presi-
dent in governing peaceable communities by martial law ; that a
temperate discussion of political questions, involving even criti-
cism of the policy of the administration, may be punished at the
mere whim of a subordinate military officer; that for such offense
punishments may be imiented which are unheard of in our juris-
prudence ; and that the life, liberty, and property of the citizen
of a state containing no armed enemy may be invaded upon a
government official's theory of "military necessity," are heresies
to which Judge Woodward never assented in any position which
the accidents of life called upon him to fill.

In 1863 Judge Woodward became the democratic candidate
for governor of the state against Governor Andrew G. Curtin,
but he was defeated by a majority of over 15,000, although Lu-
zerne gave a majority of 2,786 in his favor.

For four years prior to the expiration of his term of office on
the supreme bench, he acted as chief justice by virtue of senior-
ity of commission, and he gave notice a year before his retire-
ment that he should decline a re-election. Hon. George Shars-
wood succeeded him.

In June, 1867, he went to Europe, and the death of Hon.
Charles Denison, who had been elected to represent the twelfth
district of Pennsylvania in the fortieth congress, occurring, Judge
Woodward was nominated and elected during his absence to fill
the vacancy, his majority in Luzerne county being 1,881 over his
opponent, Hon. Winthrop W. Ketcham. He was re-elected to
a full term in 1868, his majority in Luzerne county being 3,074;
his opponent was Hon. Theodore Strong, of Pittston, brother

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of Justice Strong, of the Supreme Court of the United States.

In 1870 he was unanimously nominated by the democratic
party for the office of president judge of the eleventh judicial
district, but owing to local dissentions in the party he was defeat-
ed along with the major part of the ticket, Hon. Garrick M.
Harding being his opponent.

After the expiration of his congressional term Judge Wood-
ward resumed the practice of the law at Wilkes-Barre, but hav-
ing been retained in a number of important cases requiring his
presence in Philadelphia, he removed in the fall of 1870 to that
city. Here he opened an office on Walnut street, and entered at
once upon his professional duties. Owing to his extensive ac-
quaintance throughout the state, as well with the people as with
the lawyers of the different counties, business came to him from
all quarters, and his name will be found associated with many of
the great causes of the five years previous to his death. Upon
the very morning, and almost at the exact moment, that the tele-
gram announcing his death arrived, the Supreme Court, at Har-
risburg, was pronouncing its opinion in the case of Cox v. Der-
inger, in which he had originally brought suit, and in the trial of
which he had participated as principal counsel. As a further co-
incidence it may be mentioned that the opinion of the court was
read by Hon. Warren J. Woodward, a nephew and former stu-
dent of the deceased, who had been elected to the supreme bench
at the previous fall election.

While practicing law in Philadelphia Judge Woodward was
elected as a delegate at large in the last constitutional convention
on the democratic ticket. In that body he was chairman of the
committee on "private corporations, foreign and domestic, other
than railroads, canals, and religious and charitable corporations
and societies," and a member of the committee on "judiciary."
His long experience on the bench and wonderful forensic ability
made his services very valuable to these committees. In July,
1873, he resigned his seat in the convention, but his resignation
was not accepted, and he resumed his position when the conven-
tion re-opened the ensuing fall.

Hon. William M. Meredith was president of the convention,
and, like Judge Woodward, was also a member of the constitu-

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tional convention of 1837, but died on August 17, 1873, before
the convention had concluded its labors. Judge Woodward, in
speaking of his death, said :

"Somebody has said that a great man has departed. A great
man, indeed, sir ! We did not appreciate him. It is the habit of
the American mind not to appreciate their great men. The
American people seem not to discover the good qualities of a
man until he is dead. The old Romans treated their public men
differently. If a general achieved a victory for the Roman arms,
a triumphal arch was erected, he was welcomed home with
wreaths and banners and music, and orations were pronounced
upon him, and he was permitted to know what his fellow-coun-
trymen thought of him. And so were men of genius, whether
orators or poets, honored with public ovations. But in our day
the case is very different. The living man is continually belittled.
He is regarded as in the way of somebody ; he is slighted ; he
is neglected ; and yet, when we look at his works, when we listen
to his thoughts, after death has set its great seal upon him, we
all discover that our fellow-citizen was, indeed, a great and good
man. We withhold the meed of praise during his life, but we
hasten to bestrew his grave with flowers, now that he is gone.

"Mr. President, in that inimitable form of prayer that is used
at the grave, prescribed by the church of England, we are
directed to "render hearty thanks for the good examples of all
those who, having finished their course in faith, do now rest from
their labors." Hearty thanks, sir ! "Hearty thanks" are due
only for great blessings ; and is it not a great blessing that we
have such an example, the example of such a life as Mr. Mere-
dith's ; his learning, his acquisitions of knowledge, his use of
that knowledge in illustrating his profession, his high-toned honor
that never knew a stain, though he would have felt a stain worse
than a wound ? Yes, sir, let us be thankful for the good exam-
ple of this man, especially now that his work is finished. There
is no more danger to him. There is no mis-step that he can
take. His labor is done ; his work is finished ; his record is
made up forever. And, sir, allow me to add in conclusion that
he died as he had lived, in the faith of Christ, because without
touch of fanaticism about him, with no ostentation in his religion,
Mr. Meredith was an humble and faithful believer in Christ, and
a member of Christ church in this city, and for many years an
honored representative in the diocesan conventions, as we all
know."

When Judge Woodward was called to the Supreme Court
bench the other judges were. Black, Gibson, Lewis, and Lowrie,

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all able and eminent jurists, but with whom the new comer at
once stood fairly equal. His opinions are exceedingly well writ-
ten, clear and forcible, and on all constitutional questions, or
questions in which personal rights were involved, they give forth
no uncertain sound. His opinions are reported in thirty-six
volumes of the Pennsylvania state reports, commencing with
Deal v. Bogue, 8 Harris, and ending with Oakland Railway
Company v. Keenan, 6 P. F. Smith.

Judge Woodward married, September lO, 1832, Sarah Eliza-
beth, only daughter of George W. Trott, M. D. Her mother
was Lydia Chapman, daughter of Captain Joseph Chapman, for-
merly of Norwich, Connecticut, and subsequently of Brooklyn,
Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania. Hon. Charles Miner, in
1849, writes: "On the 12th of February, 1799, in company with
Captain Peleg Tracy, his brother Leonard, and Miss Lydia Chap-
man, in one sleigh, Mr. John Chase, of Newburyport, and myself in
another, set out from Norwich, Connecticut, and arrived at Hop-
bottom the 28th. The snow left us the first night, when we were
only twelve miles on our waj', and we were obliged to place our
sleighs on trundle wheels. Our cheerful, undaunted female friend,
through the patience-trying journey of sixteen days (never a
tear, a murmur, or a sigh), lived to see her grandchildren, the
children of an eminent judge of the Supreme Court." And again
he writes: "Miss Lydia Chapman, a lady of high intelligence
and great merit, became an inhabitant of Wilkes- Barre and an
instructress of a school. Married with Dr. G. W. Trott, their
accomplished daughter intermarried with the Hon. George W.
Woodward." The children of Judge and Mrs. Woodward were
Hon. Stanley Woodward, of this city ; Colonel George A.
Woodward, of Washington, D. C; Charles Francis Woodward,
of Philadelphia ; Ellen May Woodward, deceased ; Lydia C.
Hancock, deceased, wife of E. A, Hancock ; Elizabeth, wife of
E. Greenough Scott, of this city ; William Wilberforce Wood-
ward, deceased ; John K. Woodward, deceased ; Mary H. Wil-
liamson, deceased, wife of J. Pryor Williamson, deceased. Mrs.
Woodward died June 21, 1869. In 1871 Judge Woodward mar-
ried the widow of P^dward Macalester, a man of note and large
wealth, in Lexington, Kentucky, and a brother of the late Charles

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Macalester, of Philadelphia. They had no children. She sur-
vives him and resides in Lexington.

The distinguished deceased was a man of the highest integrity
and fidelity. No one, whether he agreed with him in sentiment
or not, ever doubted his honesty of purpose, or the sincerity of
his opinions. He was a man in whom could be placed universal
and absolute trust; and no man ever did his duty to his country,
his God and truth more earnestly and constantly than he. He
was marked for his force of character. He was an earnest man
in everything — a pretender in nothing. He was an able legisla-
tive debater, and had large views on constitutional law, and was
an able judicial writer on questions of a broad and comprehensive
character. He was noted also as a good nisi priiis judge, his
charge to the jury having always great weight, there being some-
thing about his presence which impressed those who first came
in contact with him. His personal appearance contributed
largely to this influence over the jury, as he was a man cast in a
remarkably large mould, and of massive form and strength. He
understood the science and the true principles of government,
and knowing them, dared to maintain them with unflinching
courage in the face of calumny, detraction, and even personal
peril. To his brother members of the bar, and to the bar whilst
on the bench, as well as in general society, he was most urbane
and courteous. He was a sincere and exemplary christian, and
had strong religious tendencies, being a consistent member of
the Protestant Episcopal church, and took great interest in all
church matters. In his family he was remarkably affectionate,
and possessed and deserved the love and veneration of his family
and kindred, and the warm regard of numerous friends who were
bound to him with " hooks of steel." He was strongly affected
by the death of liis brother ex-chief justice. Judge Thompson,
when that distinguished jurist fell, literally with the harness on,
while arguing an important case before the Supreme Court,
Judge Woodward being on the other side. The following is
from the latter's speech at the bar meeting of Judge Thompson in
which Judge Woodward is describing his deceased brother : "An
acute critic has said, 'Perhaps the perfection of the judicial char-
acter consists in the exhibition of pure intellect divested of human

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sympathy.' And yet who would choose for his judge such a
monster of perfection. He is the fortunate judge who can so
conduct himself on the seat of justice, and clothe his decisions in
such language, that both he who wins and he who loses his
cause can unite in paying a deserved tribute to his wisdom and
integrity. 'Then,' 'Now,' were his last words. And how signifi-
cant ! Then he was addressing to your honors the words of
wisdom his mature years, his active life, -his large reading had
stored away in his well furnished mind. Now, he lies a pallid
corpse in your honors' presence. And this little interval, only
a few minutes long, spans the space between life and death,
between the active duties of a well spent life and the dread reali-
ties of eternity. When have your honors witnessed a more
impressive scene — one that tells us more solemnly how near we
are to death even in the heat and stir of life ? 'In the midst of
life we are in death.' "

The death of such a man as Judge Woodward is a national
calamity. His great ability, his profound legal knowledge, his per-
sonal and official integrity, his enlarged and statesmanlike views,
his christian character, his undoubted patriotism, made him one
of the noblest men in the union, and in all sections, north, south,
east and west, his demise was deeply lamented. His life was
one of spotless purity, and of him it may be truly said that his

was

' ' One of the few, the immortal names
That were not horn to die."

The Supreme Court met at Harrisburg May 11, 1875, and
was occupied in hearing the argument of McLellan's Appeal, an
important case from Chambersburg. Hon. A. K. McClure con-
cluded the argument, and when he closed he announced the death
of the late Chief Justice Woodward as follows :

"And now, may it please the court, turning from the perishable
things of time which so strangely concerns us, I am charged
with a painful duty. George W. Woodward is dead ! From a
far-off land the swift message has come unseen, like the summons
of the inexorable messenger whose solemn decree it records, and a
voice once most familiar in this learned court is hushed forever. In
the presence of his associates and successors, mine is not the task
of eulogy. His stainless judicial record, that has long been as a

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text for the profession, would make even the most eloquent praise
feeble. It is well to take pause over the death of such a judge.
Only a man like his fellows — mortal, fallible, and sharing the
infirmities, which are a common inheritance, and living and act-
ing during a period when demoralization and distrust have been
widespread in both authority and people, his adornment of public
station by the highest measure of intellectual power, and a purity
of purpose that is confessed by friend and foe, must leave his
memory green among us wherever ability and integrity are hon-
ored. His life was replete with uncommon vicissitudes. Hon-
ored in the outset of his career by his native state beyond any
other citizen of his years, it was but natural that he should not
be exempt from the disappointments of ambition. They are the
price of bright promise in the highway to distinction, and are the
thorns which remain to wound the hopeful grasp as the beauty
and fragrance of the flower perish. From the withered field of
political preferment to which he had been called by other efforts
than his own, he ever came back to himself — to his one great
calling and his grandest possible triumphs ; and as judge and chief
justice for two-thirds of a generation, he has written an imperish-
able record. And now, in the fulness of his days, ripe in years,
and wearing the chaplet of honors that even malice would not
dare to stain, he has passed away. The fitful clouds and angry
tempests of prejudice and passion, which at times obscure the
attributes of greatness, have long since vanished like the mists of
the morning, and in the calm, bright evening-time, he that has
so justly judged between man and man appears before the Great
Judge of all the living. But his blameless life, his pure example,
his reverenced judgments remain, and like the beautiful dream of
the departed sun, that throws its halo over the countless jewels
which soften the deep lines of darkness, so will his lessons of
wisdom and honesty illumine the path of public and private duty
for generations to come. In respect to his memory, I move that
the court do now adjourn."

Chief Justice Agnew responded to Mr. McClure's address as
follows :

"We have listened to the announcement of the death of Hon.
George W. Woodward, a former chief justice of this court, with
feelings of unusual sadness. The suddenness of the melancholy
event adds greatly to our sorrow. Chief Justice Woodward took
a high position on this bench, and during a full term of fifteen
years was esteemed one of its brightest ornaments, for the learn-
ing, ability, acuteness, and culture displayed, in his judgments.
It does not fall to the lot of any one of us to be always right, yet

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even when he dissented from the judgment of his brethren his
opinions were marked by great force, vigor of thought, and ex-
cellence of style. One, I remember, was afterwards adopted, and
became the ruling of the court in subsequent decisions. Being
myself the only member of the present bench who sat with him,
it falls to me, perhaps, more than others, to speak of him in his
judicial career. In some things we differed widely, as is the case
with those brought up in different schools of opinions. But I
feel a great satisfaction, now that he has left the world and its
exciting scenes, in declaring that, notwithstanding our differences
on some great public questions, the utmost cordiality existed
between us. In personal character he stood high. A man of
marked qualities, he was open and free in expression, perhaps to
a fault. When opposed to any public sentiment his opinions
were not the less outspoken. He had little, indeed none, of that
secretiveness which oftentimes attends the public career of men
of less ability, and by his freedom of speech at times placed him-
self at a disadvantage. My entrance to this bench in 1863 was not
my first introduction or first opportunity of studying his charac-
ter. We were of the same age within three months, and but
twenty-eight when we met together in the constitutional reform
convention of 1837. I soon had occasion to notice him as one of
no common ability. A very tall, slightly sallow, and then rather
thin man, when he rose to address the chair his stature, deliberate
manner, clear thought, vigorous language, and logical argument
were striking in one of his years, and commanded the attention
of every member. He rose rapidly, and soon took a front rank
with those with whom he acted within party lines. In that con-
vention were such gentlemen as Charles Jared Ingersoll, James
Madison Porter, James Clarke, Thomas Earle, and others who
were leaders on the same side ; yet six weeks had scarcely passed
away when George W. Woodward, the member from Luzerne,
stood abreast with them, and became an acknowledged leader,
and soon attracted to himself his party movements. Having
indulged in these few personal recollections, I may now add that
all my brethren unite with me in expressing our heartfelt sorrow
for this sad event, which has removed an eminent jurist and dis-
tinguished man from our sight forever, and from the bosom of a
family which loved and revered him. It is now ordered that the
announcement of Mr. McClure of the death of the Hon. George
W. Woodward, a former chief justice of this court, be entered on
the minutes, and that his motion be granted that we do now ad-
journ, as a token of respect for his memory." For further in-
formation concerning the Woodward family see page 97.

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CHARLES DENISON SHOEMAKER.

Charles Denison Shoemaker was appointed an associate judge
of Luzerne county, Pa., August 21, 1830. For a sketch of his
family see pages 45 and 128.

OVID FRASER JOHNSON.

Ovid Fraser Johnson, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county, Pa., April 6, 1831, Was the grandson of Rev. Jacob John-
son, also of this city (see page 187), and the son of Jehodia
Pitt Johnson, of this city. (Seepage 775). O. F. Johnson was born
in Wilkes-Barre March 7, 1807. He was educated at the Wilkes-
Barre Academy, and read law with John N. Conyngham. He
practiced in this city from the time of his admission until the time
of his marriage. On January 15, 1839, he was appointed attorney-
general of Pennsylvania, which office he held until January 21,
1845. ■'^-^ ^" orator Mr. Johnson was brilliant, as a lawyer he had
superior abilities and somewhat of a widely known reputation,
being frequently employed to try cases in different states of the
union. He had also high reputation as a political writer. He
was the author of the celebrated "Governor's Letters," published
during the administration of Governor Ritner, and which pur-
ported to give the ludicrous side to the political characters then
figuring in the politics of the state. Mr. Johnson married, July
28, 1835, Jane Alricks, of Harrisburg, Pa. She was a descendant
of Pieter Alricks, son of Pieter Alricks, who had been sent in
1658 by the Dutch government with instructions for New Neth-
erlands and more than probable with the intention of remaining
in the new country. In March, 1659, we find him, carrying on
trade in the " HoreKihl." In January, 1660, D'Hinayossa ap-
pointed him commander there. On September 6, 1664, New
Amsterdam was captured by the English, and Governor General
Stuveysant was expelled. Thirteen days after Sir Robert Carr
appeared on the Delaware, and in a fortnight thereafter took the
Dutch forts. The estate of Pieter Alricks was confiscated, but

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some years afterwards the Dutch again obtained possession not
only of the banks of the Delaware but also of Fort Amsterdam,
now New York city, and held possession until the English Gov-
ernor Andross arrived, and then the annals inform us, "November
10, 1674, Fort Amsterdam, New York, was this day surrendered
to Governor Andross, and all the magistrates in office at the
time of the Dutch coming here, to be reinstated for the Delaware
river, except Pieter Alricks, he having proffered himself to the
Dutch at their first coming of his own motion, and acted very
violent as their chief officer ever since." Commissary Alricks
subsequently swore fidelity to the English and continued his
trade on the South river. In August, 1672, he was appointed
bailiff for New Castle, on the Delaware ; in October, 1667, com-
missioned one of its justices and re-commissioned June 7, 1680,
being one of the justices in commission when the proprietary
government was formed. He was a member of the first assembly
of the province, 1682 and 1683, and from 1685 to 1689 served as
one of the provincial councillors. In 1685 William Penn bought
out the title of the Indians in a large body of land lying be-
tween Philadelphia and Wilmington, extending back from the
Delaware river as far as a man "can ride in two days with ahorse."
The first witness to this Indian deed is Pieter Alricks. He was
commissioned one of the justices of the peace for the Lower
Counties, April 13, 1690, and again May 2, 1693. On Septem-
ber 2, 1690, he was also appointed a judge of the provincial court,
serving until 1693. He probably died about that time. From
him for two generations it has been found difficult to trace the
full descent, save that a son of Pieter last named was probably
named Pieter and his son Wessels or Weselius Alricks. The
latter was born in Delaware, afterwards removed to Philadelphia,
where he became quite prominent in provincial affairs, and held-
several important offices. He died there, leaving a son Hermanus,
born about 1730, in Philadelphia. He resided some years in his
native city, but afterwards settled in Cumberland county. He was
chosen the first member of the general assembly from that county,
and was commissioned prothonotary of Cumberland county, and
also a justice of the peace. Until his death he was a man of mark
and influence in the valley west of the Susquehanna. Hermanus

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Alricks was twice married. There was probably no issue by the
first marriage. He married, second, Ann West, born 1733, in
the north of Ireland ; died November 21, lygi, in Donegal town-
ship, Lancaster county, Pa., and is buried in the old church yard
there. Hermanus Alricks died December 14, 1772, in Carlisle.
James Alricks, son of Hermanus Alricks, was born December 2,
1769, at Carlisle. He received a good education in the schools
of his day, and was brought up to a mercantile life. In 1791-2
he was engaged in business in Maytown, Lancaster county, and
in 1 8 14 he removed with his family from Lost Creek Valley to
Harrisburg. He was a man of extensive reading, passionately
fond of books, and he regarded an honest man, of fine education
and refined manners, as the most remarkable object on the face of
the earth. After his father's death he was raised on a farm in
Donegal township, and used to say that at that period no one
could get an education for want of teachers. On March 10, 1821,
he was appointed clerk of the Orphans' Court and Quarter Ses-
sions, serving until 1824. He subsequently served-as one of the
magistrates of the borough. He married, July 21, 1796, at Har-
risburg, Martha Hamilton, daughter of John Hamilton and Mar-
garet Alexander. These were the parents of Jane Alricks, who
was born at Oakland Mills, in Lost Creek Valley, now Juniata
county. Pa., who married Ovid Fraser Johnson. Mr. and Mrs.
Johnson had a family of four children — Fanny Alricks, who be-
came the wife of Hon. Samuel Townsend Shugert, of Bellefonte,
Pa., Hannah lanthe Johnson, Martha Alricks Johnson, and Ovid
Fraser Johnson, of Philadelphia. The last named is a lawyer,
and the author of "Law of Mechanics' Liens in Pennsylvania,"
Philadelphia, 1884. O. F. Johnson, senior, died in the city of
Washington, D. C, in February, 1854.

JOHN J. WURTZ.

John J. Wurtz, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county,
Pa., August 2, 1831, was a descendant of Rev. Hans Conrad Wirtz,
who came to this country from Zurich, Switzerland, in 1707.

ii68 VoLNEY Lee Maxwell.

He preached first at New Brunswick, N. J. He was pastor of
the Egypt church, in White Hall township, Lehigh county, Pa.,
from 1742 to 1744. In 1747 he was the pastor of the Springfield
Reformed church, in Bucks county. Pa. He removed to Rock-
away, N. J., in 1751. In 1761 he removed to York, Pa., where
he was pastor of the First Reformed church of that place. He
died in York September 21, 1763, and is buried under the altar
of the stone church, which was in process of erection during his
pastorate. Dr. George Wurtz, of Montville and Boonton, N. J.,
was the son or grandson of Rev. Hans Conrad Wurtz. He was
the father of John J. Wurtz, who was born at Longwood, N. J.,
February 2, 1801. His wife was Ann Barbara Norris, of Balti-
more, Md. They had three children — Henry Wirtz, George
Wurtz, and Eliza Ann, wife of Rev. Francis Canfield. Mr. Wurtz
practiced in this city, and died here November 4, 1836.

VOLNEY LEE MAXWELL.

Volney Lee Maxwell, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county. Pa., November 11, 1831, was a grandson of James Max-
well, of the English navy, which he left at Halifax, N. S., long
before the revolutionary war. Squire Maxwell, son of James
Maxwell, was born in Warren, R. I. His wife was Phebe Rice,
a native of New York. V. L. Maxwell, son of Squire Maxwell,
was born in what is now Hamilton county, N. Y., June 12, 1804.
He received his early education at Johnstown, N. Y., and later at
the Aurora (N. Y.) Academy. In his early manhood he was a
school teacher. He read law with Mr. Darlington, at West
Chester, Pa., and was admitted to the Chester county bar No-
vember I, 1 83 1. From 1832 to 1839 he was a partner of the late
Judge Conyngham. He married, September 15, 1840, at Para-
dise, Pa., Lydia M. Haines, a daughter of George Haines, who
was a civil engineer in this city. The wife of George Haines was

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Eliza Chapman, a daughter of Captain Joseph Chapman, who
located in what is now Dimock, Susquehanna county, Pa., in
1798. He was a sea captain, from Norwich, Conn., who had
made fifty voyages to the West Indies. He was the grandfather
of C. I. A. Chapman, of the Luzerne county bar, and also the
grandfather of the late Mrs. George W. Woodward. Mr. and
Mrs. Maxwell had two children, only one of whom survives —
Mary O. Maxwell, wife of W. W. Lathrope, of the Lackawanna
county bar. V. L. Maxwell died in this city January 4, 1873.
He was at the time of his death and for seven years previous the
treasurer and accounting warden of St. Stephen's Protestant
Episcopal church, and for thirty-eight years had been one of its
vestrymen. He was also a member of the standing committee
of the diocese of central Pennsylvania, and the president of the
Luzerne County Bible Society.

WILLIAM WURTS.

William Wurts, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county,
Pa., August 6, 1832, was born in Montville, New Jersey, Novem-
ber 25, 1809. He was educated at Amherst College, and read
law with his brother, John J. Wurtz, in this city. His father was
George Wurts, M. D., and his mother was Abagail Pettit, a
daughter of Amos Pettit. His grandfather was John Jacob Wirtz,
whose wife was Sarah Grandin. William Wurts married, March
17, 1836, Lucretia Jeanette Lathrop, a daughter of Salmon La-
throp and his wife Aurelia Noble. (See page 861.) Mr. and
Mrs. Wurts had a family of eight children, five sons and three
daughters — George Lathrop Wurts, Helen S. W^urts, Harriet L.,
wife of Rev. Franklin C. Jones, Theodore F. Wurts, Eliza A.
Wurts, William A. Wurts, Frederick H. Wurts, and George
Albert Wurts. Mr. Wurts practiced law in this city for many
years, but some years before his death, which occurred at Car-
bondale. Pa., July 15, 1858, he removed to that city.

1 170 Samuel Freeman Headley.

SAMUEL FREEMAN HEADLEY.

Samuel Freeman Headley, who was admitted to the bar of
Luzerne county, Pa., April 3, 1833, was a native of Litchfield,
Otsego county, N. Y., where he was born January 20, 1808.
His grandfather was Isaac Headley, and his father was Sam-
uel Headley, M. D., a native of Littleton, N. J. After the
latter's marriage with Anna Fairchild, a daughter of Jonathan
Fairchild, of Parsippany, N. J., he removed to Litchfield, N. Y.
When the war of 18 12 broke out he was elected surgeon of the
Eighteenth Regiment New York Volunteers, and served during
the war. He afterwards removed to Berwick, Pa., where he died
in 1838. S. F. Headley's first tutor was Rev. Mr. Kirkpatrick, of
Milton, Pa., who prepared him for Union College, at Schenectady,
N. Y., where he graduated with the first honors in the class of
1 83 1. He read law with Hon. Robert C. Grier (the father of Mrs.
Doctor Mayer, of this city), at Danville, Pa., and was admitted to
the bar of Columbia county in 1833. For many years Mr. Head-
ley practiced in the courts of Columbia, Luzerne, Northumber-
land, and other adjoining counties in this state, pleading not
only the cause of the rich client, but with equal earnestness
that of the poor and oppressed who had nothing wherewith to
compensate him. In 1839, 1840 and 1841 he represented Luzerne
county in the senate of Pennsylvania, where his distinguished
ability as a debater placed him among the leaders of the demo-
cratic party, to which he adhered until 1856, when he became a
republican. In 1842 he was one of the commissioners to locate
the county seat and public buildings of Wyoming county. Mr.
Headley, while a resident of Pennsylvania, mostly resided in
Berwick, but had large interests in this county, where he resided
at times. In 1847 Mr. Headley and the Messrs. Wilson, of Har-
risburg, erected a charcoal furnace, of water power, eight feet in
the boshes, at Shickshinny, and for several years manufactured a
considerable quantity of superior pig iron from the Columbia
county and Newport ores, which they mixed. The charcoal iron
of this furnace was sought after by the owners of foundries in

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Bradford and other counties, as being superior for stove purposes.
In 1852 Messrs. Headley. & Wilson sold this furnace to William
Koons. He was also interested in iron works in Nescopeck town-
ship. In 1854 he removed to Morristown, New Jersey, and
accepted the superintendency of the Morris and Essex railroad,
after which he was chosen assistant president and acting super-
intendent of the New York and Erie railroad, in which position,
as in all others, he fully demonstrated his ability and qualification
for any position that he might accept. The strong points in his
character were a sound judgment, extraordinary perception,
indomitable will, and untiring industry. He despised an idler,
and his whole life was an example of industry and application
worthy to be imitated by the young men of our day. He died
at Morristown July 25, 1869. He was celebrated as a temper-
ance lecturer, and spoke very frequently for the Sabbath school,
tract and bible causes. Mr. Headley married, November 28,
1832, Marie Josepha Boyd, a daughter of John Boyd, of Scotch-
Irish ancestry, who was born in Chester county February 22,
1750. When the war for independence came he entered into the
service, and was a member of the committee of safety in 1776.
He was subsequently commissioned second lieutenant in the
Twelfth Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line. He was promoted to
be first lieutenant, and transferred to the Third Pennsylvania Regi-
ment as captain lieutenant. Under the rearrangement of January
I, 1 78 1, he was retired from the service, but afterwards was ap-
pointed captain of a company of rangers on the frontiers, and was
an excellent partisan officer. In June, 1781, while marching his
men across the Allegheny mountains, he fell into an ambuscade
of Indians, near the head waters of the Raystown branch of the
Juniata, in Bedford county. Pa., and was made a prisoner with a
number of his soldiers, and led a captive through the wilderness
to Canada. One of the Indian chiefs who was instrumental 'in
saving Captain Boyd's life, when asked why he did not put his
prisoner to death, raised his eyes and pointing to the heavens
said, "The Great Spirit protects him." He was confined, during
his continuance in Canada, on an island in the St. Lawrence near
Montreal. In the spring of 1782 an exchange of prisoners took
place, and he returned to Philadelphia by water with a number of

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his fellow soldiers. He was engaged in the battles of White
Plains, Germantown, Brandywine and Stony Point, and in all
engagements with the enemy which took place previous to 1781.
He was one of the "twenty" who composed the " forlorn hope,"
led by Anthony Wayne at Stony Point, who met within the fort.
He was at West Point and saw the unfortunate Andre executed.
He was one of the few surviving officers of the revolution who
enjoyed the provisions of the act of congress of May, 1828.
During the war he served one year as collector of the excise tax for
Northumberland county. After the restoration of peace, in part-
nership with Colonel William Wilson, he entered into merchan-
dizing at the town of Northumberland and in a mill at the mouth
of Chillisquaque creek. They manufactured large quantities of
potash, which they shipped to Philadelphia, where it met with a
ready sale, but the difficulties of transportation compelled them
to relinquish this enterprise. He served as a member of the
supreme executive council of the state from 1783 to 1786. He
was a member of the house of representatives from 1 790 to 1 792,
and a presidential elector at the second election, in 1792, and was
one of the original members of the Pennsylvania Society of the
Cincinnati. He was also register and recorder of Northumber-
land county under appointment of Governor McKean. Mrs.
Sarah Boyd, the mother of Captain Boyd, presented to the legis-
lature of Pennsylvania a petition, which reads as follows, as
extracted from the journal of the house of representatives : "A
petition of Sarah Boyd, of the town of Northumberland, in the
county of Northumberland, widow, was read, representing that,
at an early period of life, she had the misfortune of being deprived
of her husband, and was left to struggle with many difficulties to
support herself and three sons, her only children ; that at the
commencement of the present war all of her said sons took an
early and decided part in the grand contest, and she cheerfully
consented to their serving their distressed country ; that her
youngest son, William Boyd, a lieutenant in the Twelfth Penn-
sylvania Regiment, fell in the battle of Brandywine, September
1 1, 1777 ; that her son Thomas Boyd, after having shared in all
the dangers and fatigues of the Canada expedition, fell a sacrifice
to Indian barbarity in the expedition commanded by General

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Sullivan ; and that her remaining son, John Boyd, now commands
a company appointed for the defense of the frontiers of this state ;
and praying that she may be allowed the depreciation of the pay
of her deceased sons, the same having been transferred to her by
her surviving son." Captain Boyd died at Northumberland, Pa,,
February 13, 1831. He. married, May 13, 1794, at Northumber-
land, Rebecca Bull, a daughter of John Bull, son of John Bull, who
was born in 1730, in Providence township, now in Montgomery
county. Pa. He was appointed captain in the provincial service
May 12, 1758, and in June was in command at Fort Allen. The
same year he accompanied General Forbes' expedition for the
reduction of Fort DuQuesne, and rendered important service in
the negotiations with the Indians. In 1771 he owned the Norris
plantation and mill, now the borough of Norristown, Pa., and
was residing there at the opening of the revolution. He was a
delegate to the provincial conference of January 23, 1775, and of
June 18, 177s, a member of the convention of July 15, 1776, that
framed the constitution of the state, and of the Pennsylvania
board of war, March 14, 1777. In 1775 he was appointed colonel
of the First Pennsylvania Battalion, which he resigned January
20, 1776, on account of bad treatment from his officers. He was
one of the commissioners at the Indian treaty held at Easton Jan-
uary 30, 1777; in February was in command of the works at
Billingsport, and on July 16 was appointed adjutant general of
the state. In October of this year his barns were burned and
stock carried away by the enemy. In December, when General
James Irvine was captured, General Bull succeeded to the com-
mand of the second brigade of the Pennsylvania militia, under
General Armstrong. He was confirmed a justice of the courts
by the assembly August 31, 1778. In 1778 and 1779 he was
engaged in directing the defenses for Philadelphia, and in 1780
was commissary of purchases at that city. In 1785 he removed
to Northumberland county. Pa., and in 1805 was elected to the
assembly, and in 1808 was the federal candidate for congress, but
was defeated. General Bull died at Northumberland August 9,
1824, aged ninety-four years. His wife Mary {nee Phillips) died
February 23, 181 1. Benjamin Rittenhouse, a brother of the cel-
ebrated philosopher, and who was commissioned by Governor

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Mifflin in 1791 as one of the associate judges of the court of
Common Pleas of Montgomery county, was married to a daugh-
ter of General Bull,

Mr. and Mrs. Headley had a family of three children — i. John
Boyd Headley, born February 22, 1834; died August 6, 1870.
He married, September 16, 1857, Helen M. Thomas, a daughter
of Abraham Thomas, of Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (See page 835.) He
had two children — William Thomas Headley and Nellie Boyd
Headley. 2. Benjamin Franklin Headley, born May 25, 1836;
married Rose J. McGoldrick, of Morristown, N. J., who died
December 10, 1876. He had four children — Mary Elizabeth
Headley, Maria Josepha Headley, Benjamin Franklin Headley
and John Boyd Headley. 3. Elizabeth Boyd Headley, born May
19, 1842; married, first, James F. Bentley, second, Sayes J.
Bowen. She has had four children — Charles Freeman Bentley,
Bessie Boyd Bentley, Josepha Boyd Bentley, and Helen Louise
Bentley.

MATTHEW HALE JONES.

Matthew Hale Jones was admitted to the Luzerne county. Pa.,
bar August 6, 1833. He was a native of Hebron, Conn., where
he was born September 11, 181 1. He was educated at the
Wilkes-Barre Academy and at Rutgers College, New Brunswick,
New Jersey, graduating in the class of 1830. He read law in
this city with Chester Butler and with his brother, Joel Jones.
(See page 1130.) He was admitted; to the bar of Northampton
county. Pa., August 22, 1833, where he practiced continually
until his death, June i, 1883. In his profession he was conspic-
uous for his comprehensive and exact knowledge, sound judg-
ment, and keen and sensitive conception of honor. He magnified
his calling by assiduous attention, constant vigilance, and a
thorough intellectual honesty which never allowed the moral
sentiment to be obscured or perverted. Mr. Jones was the son
of Amassa Jones, and was a brother of Judge Joel Jones, Rev.
Joseph H. Jones, D. D., at one time principal of the Wilkes-Barre

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Academy, and Samuel Jones, M. D., all of whom are now
deceased. Matthew Hale Jones married, in early life, Mary
Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Innes, of Easton, Pa. He was
the son of Robert Innes, sr., who came to America from Scotland.
The children of Mr. Jones are Robert Innes Jones and Matthew
Hale Jones, attorneys at law, Easton, and Elizabeth Huntington
Jones, the wife of Hon. William S. Kirkpatrick, of the North-
ampton county bar, residing at Easton, Pa.

LUTHER KIDDER.

Luther Kidder was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county, Pa.,
November 5, 1833. He was the son of Luther and Phebe Kid-
der, and was born in Waterford, Vermont, November 19, 1808.
Luther Kidder was a descendant of James Kidder, who was born
at East Grinstead, in Sussex, England, in 1626. He may be con-
sidered as the patriarch of the family and the ancestor of all who
bear the name in this country. In what year or by what ship he
made his advent to New England cannot now be ascertained. It
is certain that he was at Cambridge, Mass., as early as 1649. In
that year he married Anna Moore, daughter of Elder Francis
Moore. In 1653 he was occupying a farm of two hundred and
eighty-nine acres in what is now known as West Cambridge. In
the same year the general court granted Shawshire, now Billerica,
to Cambridge, and for several years it continued to form a part
of that town, many of its older residents receiving grants of land
soon after removing there. It is most likely that James Kidder
was among the first to take up his abode in that wilderness, and it
is quite probable he may have gone there as early as 1653. It is
certain that he was residing there with his family in 1656, and
this place may be considered as the home of his family for over
one hundred years. Both he and his wife were members of the
church in Cambridge, and when a church was organized at Bil-
lerica they were the first to become members of it. In 1662 he
was a juror of the court holden in Cambridge, and in the court

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records of that year we find the following entry: "James Kidder
is allowed to be sergeant of the military company at Billerica."
This may be thought to be a small affair for the courts to take
cognizance of, but the organization of the military of that day
was a matter of the first importance, and none but men of the
most reliable character were entrusted with any office in it. He
afterwards rose to the rank of ensign, his name often appearing
in the town records of Billerica, where he was appointed on vari-
ous committees. He was also selectman for six years. In 1675,
when King Philip's war took place, he was in the public service,
and kept guard over the small tribe of Indians at Wameset, now
forming part of Lowell, and soon after was appointed to the com-
mand of a garrison house which contained seven families, including
his own and that of his son James. He died April 16, 1676, in the
midst of the war, aged about fifty years. John Kidder, son of James
Kidder and Anna, his wife, was born in Cambridge about 1656.
He moved to Chelmsford, Mass., when a young man, and in 168 1
he bought of Jonathan Tyng five hundred acres of land lying on
the west side of Concord river, in Chelmsford, where he afterwards
resided. He married, December 3, 1684, in Chelmsford, Lydia
Parker, daughter of Abraham Parker and his wife. Rose Whit-
lock, of Woburn. Thomas Kidder, son of John and Lydia Kid-
der, was born in Chelmsford October 30, 1690. He was admitted
to the church in Westford April 7, 1728. He married Joanna
Keyes, at Chelmsford, December 31, 1716. Aaron Kidder, son
of Thomas and Joanna Kidder, was born in Chelmsford Decem-
ber 22, 1719; died in New Ipswich, N. H., November 16, 1769.
He went to New Ipswich about 1750. He was one of the first
commanders of the military company, and held some other town
offices. He died very suddenly at the age of fifty years. He
married Rachel Bush, at Marlboro, May 19, 1749. She died in
181 5, aged ninety years. Luther Kidder, son of Aaron and
Rachel Kidder, was born at New Ipswich June 29, 1767; died
at Pike, Bradford county. Pa., September 2, 1831. He married
Phebe Church, at Windham, Conn., September 25, 1788. She
died at Worcester October 13, 185 1, and was the daughter of
Asa Church and Abia Pease. She was born in Stafford, Conn.,
November 1 1, 1768.

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From 1 841 to 1844 Luther Kidder was a member of the senate of
Pennsylvania. From 1845 to 1851 he was president judge of the
courts of Carbon, Monroe and Schuylkill counties. He married,
October 13, 1835, in Wilkes-Barre, Martha Ann Scott, daughter
of Judge David Scott. (See page 392.) Judge Kidder died Sep-
tember 30, 1854. His only surviving child is Rev. Charles Hol-
land Kidder, of Asbury Park, N. J.

DWIGHT NOBLE LATHROP.

Dwight Noble Lathrop, who was admitted to the bar of Lu-
zerne county. Pa., November 5, 1833, was a son of Salmon La-
throp and his wife, Aurelia Noble. (See page 857.) D. N.
Lathrop was born July 28, 181 1, at Sherburne, Chenango county,
N. Y. He was educated at the Wilkes-Barre Academy, and
read law with George Denison, in this city. He practiced prin-
cipally in the city of Carbondale. He was appointed postmaster
of that city in 1861 and held the office until 1864. From 1862
to 1865 he was district attorney, and from 1870 to 1872 recorder
of the mayor's court of the city of Carbondale. The wife of D.
N. Lathrop was Harriet Ridgway, a native of White county, 111.,
and daughter of John Ridgway, who was born near Walnford, N.
J. The wife of John Ridgway was Mary Grant, of Inverness,
Scotland, daughter of John Grant. D. N. Lathrop died October
8, 1887. Mr. and Mrs. Lathrop had a family of five children —
William W. Lathrope, a member of the Lackawanna bar; Thomas
R. Lathrope; Mary G., wife of Israel Crane; Aurelia N.,wife of
Eugene Scates ; and Harriet J. Lathrope.

DAVID WILMOT.

David Wilmot was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county, Pa.,
August 5, 1834. He was the son of Randall Wilmot and his
wife, a daughter of James Carr, of Canaan, Wayne county. Pa.
David Wilmot was born in Bethany, Wayne county. Pa., January

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20, 1 8 14. He was educated in the schools of his native town
and at the Aurora (N. Y.) Academy. At the age of eighteen he
removed to Wilkes-Barre and read law in the office of George W.
Woodward. Soon after his admission to the Luzerne bar he
removed to Towanda, Pa., where he immediately took a promi-
nent position as a democratic politician. For several years he
occupied a commanding position in the political affairs of the
county, and won a wide reputation as an able and effective
speaker. In 1844 Mr. Wilmot received the unanimous nomina-
tion of the democracy for congress in the district composed of
the counties of Bradford, Susquehanna and Tioga, henceforth
known as the " Wilmot district." He was elected by a large
majority, and took his seat at the opening of the twenty-ninth con-
gress in 1845, where, in common with the democratic party, he
favored the annexation of Texas. On August 4, 1846, the pres-
ident sent to the senate a confidential message asking an appro-
priation to negotiate a peace with Mexico. A bill was introduced
in the house appropriating two million dollars for the purpose
specified. It had now become so apparent that the proposition
was intended to strengthen the pro-slavery influence in the gen-
eral government, that, at Mr. Wilmot's suggestion, a consultation
was held by a few of the northern representatives who were
opposed to the extension of slavery, the result of which was the
offering by Mr. Wilmot of the celebrated proviso which has been
so generally known as the " Wilmot Proviso," which provided
that in any territory acquired from Mexico "neither slavery nor
involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of the territory
except for crime," etc. This proviso was adopted in committee,
and the two million bill containing the proviso was sent to the
senate, where it was killed by John Davis, of Massachusetts,
talking against time and preventing its passage. In 1846 Mr.
Wilmot again received the unanimous nomination of his party
for congress and was re-elected. In 1848 the question of slavery
began to be agitated, and the free soil party was formed, which
nominated Martin Van Buren for the presidency. Wilmot again
received the unanimous nomination for congress, and was re-
elected by a large majority. He was succeeded by G. A. Grow
in 1850. On the formation of the republican party Mr. Wilmot

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very soon espoused its principles and identified himself with the
movement. In fact, the very measures he had proposed in con-
gress in 1846 had no small influence in leading to its existence.
At the republican national convention held in Philadelphia in
1856 Mr. Wilmot was proposed as the candidate for vice presi-
dent on the ticket with Fremont. He could have commanded
the unanimous nomination, but was averse to it. He was chair-
man of the committee on resolutions, and drew up the platform
adopted by that convention. The next year, 1857, Mr. Wilmot
was nominated for governor. He had, under the provisions of
the amended constitution creating an elective judiciary, been
chosen president judge of the judicial district composed of the
counties of Bradford, Susquehanna and Sullivan in 185 1, but
resigned the office for the purpose of entering the gubernatorial
contest. Although defeated by William F. Packer, his speeches
made throughout the state had awakened a deep interest
in the principles of the republican party, and the party was
strengthened by the canvass. In i860 Simon Cameron was
named in the Pennsylvania republican convention as their first
choice for president, and according to usage Mr. Cameron
selected Mr. Wilmot as delegate at large to the Chicago conven-
tion, of which he was made temporary chairman, and when Mr.
Cameron's name was withdrawn, used his great influence to
secure the nomination of Abraham Lincoln, whose confidence he
enjoyed during his administration. The selection of General
Cameron to be secretary of war created a vacancy in the United
States senate, which Mr. Wilmot was elected to fill, and took
his seat in that body March 18, 1861. He was a delegate to
the peace convention the same year. A wide field of honor and
usefulness seemed opened before him. But at the outset of his
senatorial career his health began gradually to fail, until it was
almost impossible for him to attend to the routine of his duties.
He served two years on the committees of foreign affairs, claims
and pensions, and was succeeded in 1863 by Charles R. Bucka-
lew. At the conclusion of his senatorial term Mr. Wilmot was
appointed by President Lincoln a judge of the court of claims,
which office he held up to the time of his death, March 16, 1868.
His wife was Ann, a daughter of Thomas W. Morgan, an old-time

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resident of Wilkes-Barre, who at one time kept the Arndt hotel,
which stood on the ground now occupied by the residence of E.
P. Darling, on River street. He was also proprietor of " Morgan's
mill," on Solomon's creek, since known as "Petty's mill." Mrs.
Wilmot died March 25, 1888. Of the Wilmot family no sons or
daughters remain to transmit to posterity the honored name. One
son born to the house died in boyhood, having been accidentally
poisoned by eating the root of the wild parsnip, mistaking it for
an edible root.

HENRY HILL WELLS.

Henry Hill Wells, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county. Pa., August 4, 1835, was a descendant of Gideon Wells,
M. D., of Cottness, near Hull, England, by his wife Marj', daugh-
ter of Richard Partidge, of London, who was at one time agent
of the colonies of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and
Connecticut, in London. Richard Wells, son of Dr. Wells,
emigrated to America, and became a merchant in Philadelphia.
He was secretary of the American philosophical society, and a
director of the library company of Philadelphia. He was a mem-
ber of the Pennsylvania assembly and for a long while cashier of
the bank of North America. He died February 13, 1801. His
wife was Rachel Hill, a daughter of Henry Hill, who was one
of the original members of the city troop of Philadelphia, and
was made colonel of the Fourth Pennsylvania regiment in
1776. He took part in the convention which gave Pennsylvania
the constitution which succeeded the proprietary government,
and for several years served in the Pennsylvania legislature. His
wife was Anne, daughter of Reese Meredith, and she was a sister
of Samuel Meredith, at one time treasurer of the United States.
William Hill Wells, son of Richard and Rachael Wells, was born
in Philadelphia January 7, 1769. He was an attorney, but where
and when admitted is not known. He first appeared in Dags-
borough Hundred, Sussex county, Delaware, where he married
Elizabeth the daughter of General John Dagsworthy. He resided
part of the time at Dover and Georgetown and the remainder of

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the time at the Dagsworthy homestead, of which his wife came in
possession. He succeeded Dr. Joshua Clayton in the United
States senate for the state of Delaware January i8, 1799, resigned
November 6, 1804, after which he resided in Tioga county, Pa.
He was again elected United States senator from Delaware on May
28, 1 8 13, to succeed James A. Bayard. He was a member of the
house of representatives for Sussex county in 1794, 1795, 1796,
1797) 1798. 1810, 181 1, and 1819, and in 1812 and 1813 was a
member of the state senate. He died March 11, 1829, in Dags-
borough, and is buried in Prince George's churchyard. He was
the father of Henry Hill Wells. While the latter resided in
Wilkes-Barre, one son, Richard Jones Wells, was born, June 23,
1843. Henry Hill Wells was born in Sussex county, Delaware,
February 18, 1797, and died at Skaneateles, N. Y. He was sec-
retary of the state of Delaware in 1823. His wife was Mary
Putman.

PIERCE BUTLER MALLERY.

Pierce Butler Mallery was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county. Pa., January S, 1836. He was born in Wilkes-Barre in
18 1 2. He read law with his father, Garrick Mallery, and prac-
ticed for a short time in Philadelphia, but his health failed him
and he was sent to Havana, Cuba, where he died in 1838 of con-
sumption. (For particulars of his ancestry see page 1083). He
entered Yale college but did not graduate. He was an unmar-
ried man.

ISRAEL DICKINSON.

Israel Dickinson was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county.
Pa., April 16, 1836. He was a teacher in the old Wilkes-Barre
academy for sevetal years. In 1851 he resided in Wheeling, W.
Va., and in 1854 was a resident of Lafayette, Ind. The christian
name of his wife was Lucia.

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JONATHAN W. PARKER.

Jonathan W. Parker was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county,
Pa., August 8, 1836. He read law with John N. Conyngham,
and subsequently removed to Davenport, Iowa.

JONATHAN JOSEPH SLOCUM.

Jonathan Joseph Slocum, who was admitted to the bar of Lu-
zerne county, Pa., August 12, 1837, was a native of Wilkes-
Barre, Pa., where he was born January 27, 181 5. He was edu-
cated at Dickinson college, Carlisle, Pa., and Kenyon college,
Ohio, and read law with Ebenezer W. Sturdevant in this city,
where he practiced up to a short time before his death. He was
the son of Joseph Slocum, of this city. (See page 339.) ' He
married, September 12, 1840, Elizabeth Cutter LeClerc. Her
father was Joseph Philip LeClerc, and his wife Rachel Manning
Cutter, of New York. (See sketch of Edward E. LeClerc for a
further sketch of the LeClerc family.) Mr. Slocum removed to
Philadelphia shortly before his death, which occurred in that city
February 27, i860. Mr. and Mrs. Slocum had two children,
Sallie L. Slocum, married to John B. Love, of Philadelphia, and
Edward LeClerc Slocum, married to Emily Carpenter, also of
Philadelphia.

CHARLES HENRY SILKMAN.

Charles Henry Silkman was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county, Pa., January i, 1838. He was born in Bedford, West
Chester county, N. Y., July 24, 1809, and came to Luzerne
county in the spring of 1835, locating at Providence (now Scran-
ton), Pa. He read law here and at once took an advanced posi-

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tion among the lawyers as an advocate and counsel. Daniel Ran-
kin, E. S. M, Hill and D. R. Randall, all deceased, and David S.
Koon, of this city, all emerged from his office at Providence as
young lawyers of acknowledged ability and integrity. In 1845,
1846, and 1847 the Lackawanna valley was agitated by two excit-
ing projects of which Silkman, by his superior qualifications
as a ready writer and debater, was recognized as the organic
head. One was to frustrate the Delaware and Hudson Canal
Company from extending their gravity railroad and coal works
down the valley below Archbald, and the other was to form a
new county from the upper end of Luzerne, to be called Lacka-
wanna. A weekly newspaper was started in 1845 in Providence
by F. B. Woodward, and its columns were marked by the keen,
incisive and not over benevolent pen wielded by Silkman in
reference to these and other matters. The old settlers, of whom
few are left, can never forget the repeated public meetings held
in Hyde Park, Providence, and Cannon's tavern in Blakeley during
these years, in which the persuasive eloquence of this gifted
gentleman appeared to great advantage. He married for his first
wife Lucilla S. Tripp, a daughter of Holden Tripp, whose mother
was Martha Tuttle, a daughter of John Tuttle, whose father was
Henry Tuttle, born in Basking Ridge, N. J., November 24, 1733.
(See page 461.) The wife of John Tuttle was Mary, daughter
of Thomas Bennett, of Forty Fort, who was born August 15,
1772. (See page 630.) Mr. Silkman removed west in 1854, resid-
ing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for about ten years. He afterwards
lived in the oil regions of Pennsylvania. He then returned to
Scranton. Some three years before his death his bright and
active brain began to weaken. The immediate cause of his death
was softening of the brain. Mr. Silkman was a good friend — a
dangerous man for an enemy. His power of sarcasm was tre-
mendous. He could annihilate a foe by giving merely a ridicu-
lous name. Controversy was his natural element. For this he
had distinguished powers and went into the conflict with ardor
and delight. His energy was untiring — the blows he dealt heavy
and frequent. He died March 8, 1877. He left two children to
survive him by his first wife — Charles P. Silkman, of Chicago,
III, and Martha, wife of Lemuel Curtis, also of Chicago.

1 1 84 Frederick M. Crane.

JOHN TRIMBLE ROBINSON.

John Trimble Robinson, who was admitted to the bar of Lu-
zerne county, Pa., April 4, 1838, was a descendant of William
Robinson, of Massachusetts, who had a son Samuel Robinson,
who had a son Rev. John Robinson, of Duxbury, Massachu-
setts, who had a son John Robinson, who had a son Samuel
Robinson, who had a son John W. Robinson, of Wilkes-Barre,
whose wife was Ann Butler, whom he married January 12, 1808,
daughter of Zebulon Butler by his third wife, Phoebe Haight.
The other children by this wife were Lydia Griffin and Steuben
Butler. (See page 326.) Faith Robinson, who was a daughter
of Rev. John Robinson, married Jonathan Trumbull and had
among other children Mary, wife of William Williams, one of
the signers of the declaration of independence. John W. Rob-
inson died in Wilkes-Barre in 1840, aged sixty-two years. John
Trimble Robinson, son of John W. Robinson and Ann But-
ler Robinson, was born in Wilkes-Barre December 30, 18 14. He
was educated in this city and read law with John N. Conyngham
and Hendrick B. Wright. He died unmarried August 28, 1848.
He was a brother-in-law of Hendrick Bradley Wright, whose
wife was Mary Ann Bradley Robinson.

FREDERICK M. CRANE.

Frederick M. Crane, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county, Pa., April 4, 1838, was born in Salisbury, Connecticut,
in 1815. He practiced in this county, principally at Carbondale,
until 1844, when he removed to Honesdale, Pa. In 1843 he was
postmaster of Carbondale. In 1854 and 1862 he represented
Wayne county in the legislature of the state. He died at Hones-
dale January 8, 1877.

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WILLIAM JESSUP.

William Jessup, who was commissioned president judge of the
eleventh judicial district of Pennsylvania April 7, 1838, succeeded
Judge Scott. He presided here from April term, 1.838, to January-
term, 1841, inclusive, when an exchange was effected between
him and Judge Conyngham, as follows : In 1839 Judge Conyng-
ham had been commissioned president judge of the thirteenth
district, consisting of the counties of Bradford, Susquehanna and
Tioga. By sections five and six of the act of April 13, 1840, it
was provided that after the first day of the next April Luzerne
county should be attached to the thirteenth district, and Susque-
hanna county should be attached to the eleventh district, and the
courts of the respective counties should be presided over by their
local judges and the president judges of the respective districts.
Thus Luzerne county was transferred to the district presided
over by Judge Conyngham. By virtue of this legislative exchange
of counties Judge Conyngham continued to preside in the courts
of Luzerne from April term, 1841, to January term, 1849, inclu-
sive, when his commission expired, February 27, 1849. By act
of April 5, 1849, several changes in the judicial districts were
made, and Luzerne, together with Wyoming county, which had
been erected out of it, was united with Susquehanna in forming
the eleventh district, of which Judge Jessup was president judge.
He again presided over the courts of Luzerne from April term,
1849, until November term, 1851, inclusive.

William Jessup was born at Southampton, L. I., June 21, 1797,
and graduated from Yale College in 1815. He was a descendant of
John Jessup, who is said to have come to Massachusetts in 1620;
in 1637 he was in Hartford, Conn. ; then, before 1640, of Weth-
ersfield, from which he was one of the first settlers of Stafford in
1640 ; and thence, as early as 1649, of Southampton, L. I., New
York. The cane carried by this early Puritan is now in the
possession of ex-judge Jessup, of Montrose, Pa., his descendant.
He had a son, John Jessup, of Oldtown, who married, June 16,
1669, who had a son, Henry Jessup, born March 12, 168 1 ; died

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ill 1736. His wife's name was Bethia. He had a son, Deacon
Thomas Jessup, born February 28, 1721, and died May 20, 1809.
He had a son. Major Zebulon Jessup, born September 15, 1755,
and died June 8, 1822. He married, December 6, 1780, Zerviah
Huntting, daughter of Samuel Huntting, a merchant of South-
ampton. They were the parents of William Jessup. Mrs. Zebulon
Jessup died May 25, 1835. She was a descendant of Elder John
Huntting, who resided in the east of England, probably in the
county of Norfolk. He came to this country in August, 1638,
and when the Rev. John Allen was ordained minister of the gos-
pel in Denham, Mass., John Huntting was at the same time
ordained a ruling elder of the church. He was one of the founders
of the town of Denham. He died April 12, 1682. His wife was
Esther Seaborn. He had a son, John Huntting, born in England,
whose wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Payne, of Ded-
ham. He had a son. Rev. Nathaniel Huntting, born November
15, 1675, and died September 21, 1753. He was a graduate of
Harvard College, and from 1696 to the time of his death the
faithful and laborious minister in East Hampton. He had a son,
Samuel Huntting, born 1710, who was the father of Samuel Hunt-
ting, the father of Mrs. Jessup. Samuel Huntting was twice
married, his first wife being Mary Gardiner; his second wife, the
mother of Mrs, Jessup, was Zerviah Rhodes.

William Jessup removed to Montrose in 181 8, and entered the
law office of A. H. Read. The following winter he taught the
first term of the academy in that place. He was admitted to the
Susquehanna county bar February 2, 1820, and at once entered
vigorously into the profession, and success attended him. Added
to the labors of the office were those of register of wills and
recorder of deeds, appointments conferred upon him by Governors
Shultze and Wolf from January, 1824, to 1833. He declined a
reappointment in the latter year. During this period in the his-
tory of Judge Jessup, and for the ten years ensuing, he was a man
of note throughout northern Pennsylvania. He stood at the head
of his profession; he was engaged in every case of importance in
his own and the adjoining counties, and having a military turn of
mind, he took great pride and pleasure in having his regiment, of
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other in the division. The name of Colonel Jessup was intimately
known throughout this part of the state. He was a good judge,
a spirited soldier, and a zealous and successful advocate. In 185 1
Judge Jessup received the nomination of his party for the su-
preme bench, but was not elected. After this he resumed the
practice of his profession, and continued in it, laboring inces-
santly, until disease laid him prostrate, and he was thus com-
pelled to relinquish a profession which he had dignified and
ennobled by a long life of unimpeachable integrity and an hon-
esty of purpose. No client had cause of complaint for lack of
industry and thorough preparation, of ability in management, or of
personal or professional integrity ; nor could his opponent, in the
person of party or counsel, make accusations of deception or un-
gentlemanly practices. As a lawyer he had few equals, and very
few superiors. Possessing a strong and a well-balanced judgment,
and his memory fresh and overflowing with all the leading cases,
with a strong physical frame, he possessed all the necessary ele-
ments for thorough preparation, and he had the power of endur-
ance, and, coupled with this, good oratorical qualifications. The
late Christopher L. Ward, of Towanda, and, by the way, good
authority, says of the judge that "his style of oratory at the bar
was perspicuous, flowing, and strongly impressive. One of his
most brilliant forensic triumphs may be reckoned his defence of
the Rev. Albert Barnes, of Philadelphia, upon the charge of heresy
before the general assembly of the Presbyterian church. In his
character or position as a judge, he was remarkable for clearness
and readiness upon any subject within the range of the profession,
and for a prompt and proper dispatch of business. The bar in
both districts where he presided was admitted to be equal in
point of character and intelligence to any other in the interior of
the state, and with scarcely an exception Judge Jessup com-
manded not only their respect for his learning and impartiality,
as exhibited on the bench, but also their affection and esteem in
the highest degree, as a man and a christian." These words,
written many years ago, and by one who knew him well and
intimately, are truthful and to the point. There was a peculiarity
in one or two personal characteristics in him as a judge. No
official entrusted with the power of a judge of the Court of Com-

1 1 88 William Jessup.

mon Pleas of this state ever held the balances with a deeper set-
tled conviction to administer the law with purity and impartiality.
There was no taint of bad faith ; there was not the shadow of a
shade of it. If there was any defect in his decisions, it was be-
cause he relied more on his own judgment than the decision
precedent — like Scott in this particular, and very unlike Conyng-
ham, who would follow the precedent, though in conflict with his
own judgment. "Stare decisis" is all well enough, till some organic
cause makes the necessity of change. And when that change
becomes necessary, one man may do it as well as the seven.
Judge Jessup was the one to do this. Upon the bench his unre-
laxed features gave no clue to the working mind within. To
counsel it is painful that he cannot read in the judicial face some
index to the judicial mind. It could not be traced here. He
had a way of tearing slips of paper from his notes, and chewing
them rapidly, when his mind was in labor, but this only showed
mental agitation; it gave no clue to the inside work, and coun-
sel on both sides did not know the drift of the matter till it came
in well-measured and strong utterances to the jury. Then there
was no mistaking the character of the legal current, and there
was this grand and consoling reflection, and which all lawyers
can well appreciate, as well as endorse, that a cause that ought
to be won was never lost under his administration of the law.
Nor was there the least flinching from putting down the record of
the charge that would prevent a higher court from having ample
means to know what had been done below. He was an upright
and learned judge ; a fit compeer of his cotemporaries, Scott
and Conyngham ; and taking the three together, without dispar-
agement to others, they may be severally classed as brilliant
examples of judicial life. As to his every-day life, one related to
him by family ties has truthfully said : "In his social and religious
life he won the affection of the good and upright. His religious
convictions were deep, and gave a charm to his intercourse with
his fellow-men. He was affable and courteous in his bearing to
the humblest of his acquaintances." The temperance movement,
th.e interests of the oppressed, the cause of education, and the
advancement of agriculture, received his early and continued
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rose September 3, 1826, and was ordained a ruling elder of the
same August 2, 1829. He was widely known and highly hon-
ored throughout the Presbyterian church, but nowhere did his
christian character shine with greater lustre than among those
who knew him best. He became vice president of the A. B. C.
F. M., and cheerfully gave up two sons as foreign missionaries —
Rev. Henry Harris Jessup, D. D., and Rev. Samuel Jessup, who
have long been connected with American missions in Syria. In
early life Judge Jessup was a democrat. In the conflict between
Jackson and Adams he took sides with Henry Clay and remained
a whig. When that party assumed the name of Republican he
went there. On the breaking out of the late civil war he was
appointed by the governor of this state on a committee, in con-
junction with a committee appointed on the part of Ohio and
New York, to assure President Lincoln of the support of the
people in suppressing it. This was the last of his official acts.
Not long after this he was attacked by paralysis, from which he
never recovered. He died at Montrose September 11, 1 868.
He married, July 4, 1820, Amanda Harris, of Southampton.
She was a descendant of George Harris, who is first mentioned
in the list of 1657 with the residents of North Sea, Southampton,
L. I. He had a son George, who had a son Henry, who had a son
Henry, whose daughter Amanda married William Jessup. Mr. and
Mrs. Jessup left a family often children — Jane R., now deceased,
wife of Colonel J. B. Salisbury, of New York ; Mary S., wife of
F. B. Chandler, of Montrose ; Harriet A., wife of Isaac L. Post, of
Scranton ; William H. Jessup, of Montrose ( W. H . Jessup is a
member of the law firm of Jessups & Hand, of Scranton, consist-
ing of himself, his son, W. H. Jessup, Jr., and Horace E. Hand,
his nephew. He also practices in Montrose in connection with
his brother, Huntting C. Jessup. In 1878 W. H. Jessup was ap-
pointed president judge of Susquehanna county, to succeed F. B.
Streeter, deceased. In the election following Judge Jessup was
the republican candidate, but was defeated by J. B. McCollum,
democrat and greenback candidate.) Rev. Henry H. Jessup, D. D.,
a missionary at Beirut, Syria, since 1856; Rev. Samuel Jessup,
a missionary at Beirut since 1862; Fanny M. Jessup, of Mont-
rose; George A. Jessup, of Scranton; Phoebe A., wife of Alfred

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Hand, of Scranton (she is now deceased); Huntting C. Jessup, of
Montrose, a law partner of W. H. Jessup. W. H. Jessup, Rev.
Henry H. Jessup and Huntting C. Jessup are graduates of Yale
college. Rev. Samuel Jessup entered Yale, but left before grad-
uation ; he received the degree of M. A. with his class.

HARRISON WRIGHT.

Harrison Wright was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county,
Pa., November 6, 1838. (For a sketch of his life and family .see
article headed Harrison Wright).

CYRENUS M. SMITH.

Cyrenus M. Smith was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county,
Pa., August 6, 1839. His wife was Eliza Gay, daughter of Fisher
Gay, of Wyoming, Pa. He left four children — one son and three
daughters.

GEORGE H. WELLS.

George H. Wells was admitted to the Luzerne county, Pa.,
bar January 6, 1840. He subsequently removed to Susquehanna
county. Pa., and represented that county in the legislature of the
state in 1863 and 1864.

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WILLIAM E. LITTLE.

William E. Little was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county,
Pa., August 4, 1840. He was a native of Delaware county, N.
Y., where he was born in 1818. He read law with Andrew T.
McClintock, in this city. He removed from Wilkes- Barre to
Joliet, 111., where he practiced until his death, a few years since.

CHARLES DENISON.

Charles Denison, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county, Pa., August 13, 1840, was a grandson of Colonel Nathan
Denison. (See page 1088. J Lazarus Denison, son of Colonel
Denison, was born in Kingston, Pa., December 5, 1773, and died
there March 15, 1841. He is said to be the first white child born
in Wyoming. His wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Hon. Benja-
min Carpenter, whom he married February 14, 1802. (Seepage
1047.) Charles Denison, son of Lazarus Denison, was born in
Kingston January 23, 18 16. He was educated at Dickinson col-
lege, Carlisle, Pa., from which he graduated in the class of 1838.
He read law in this city with George W. Woodward. He was
in continual practice in Wilkes-Barre from the time of his admis-
sion until 1863. From the latter year until his death, June 27,
1867, he represented this county in the congress of the United
States. He married, May 7, 1845, Ellen E. Hulings, of Nor-
folk, Va. In the proceedings of the United States senate, when
Mr. Denison's death was communicated, Hon. Charles R. Buck-
alew said :

"He was able to concentrate upon himself a large measure of
popular favor, and possessed some marked qualities of mind and
character for commanding it. His will was firm ; his industry
constant ; his temper steady, though sometimes pronounced, and
his courage unquestionable. He was of the men who pursue an

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Charles Denison.

object in private life with perseverance and zeal, and who, when
placed in public stations, do not bend before the pressure of the
times. But tenacity of purpose, resolute courage, and fidelity to
conviction, important as they are to success in such a career as
his, are not alone sufficient to secure it. He possessed, in addi-
tion, a sound judgment, a sense and love of humor, and fidelity
to associates and friends. Hence he was able more perfectly to
combine the elements of success as a professional and public
man ; to win and hold and use the confidence and attachment of
client and voter.

"Mr. Denison's political convictions were extremely ardent and
uncompromising. What he said in the house of representatives,
and his votes there, mark this trait of his character distinctly.
It was never doubted that his political convictions were sincere,
and he always gave them unflinching support."

General Simon Cameron said in the same proceedings :

"I knew Mr. Denison very slightly. I knew his family well.
He was born in the far-famed valley of Wyoming, perhaps the
most beautiful part of Pennsylvania, if it is not of the United
States. That valley was settled by some of the most intelligent
people who came into Pennsylvania ; certainly by the most heroic
and gallant and patriotic men that ever Hved in any portion of
this country. The earlier settlers were from New England.
They came there at an early day ; they came when the bounda-
ries of the state were not sufficiently known, and remained there
a long time before their titles were properly settled. During the
revolution the settlers were active in support of the cause of the
country. After the revolution they were harassed by such
troubles as the people of no other part of Pennsylvania were
subjected to. They had great trouble about their titles, and they
had to contend with a long series of Indian invasions and massa-
cres of the most cruel kind. On one occa.sion nearly all the
people had taken refuge in a block house, but were by some
means surrounded and destroyed. In after years George Deni-
son, the uncle of this gentleman, served several years in congress,
and after having been in congress he served in our state legisla-
ture. He was a man known to everybody in Pennsylvania for
his very high order of talents and for his very great integrity.
No public man has ever lived in Pennsylvania who has made
such a record for these two great qualities as George Denison,
and no man, public or private, in his day did more by his servi-
ces in the legislature to develop the region which gave him birth.

"The people of that valley, from their earliest history, paid more
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than any other portion of our people. The first schools of any
importance established in the state were in the valley of Wyom-
ing ; and in consequence of this the immediate descendants of
the earlier settlers were people of culture, far advanced above
other portions of our people. It is, besides, a section of country
most highly favored by nature. The valley itself, in its agricul-
tural luxuriance, is equal to any part of the far-famed valley of
the Mississippi. Every rood of it is cultivatable soil, and below
the surface the earth abounds in as fine mineral coal as can be
found in any other part of the world. There is no equal amount
of territory so rich in soil and minerals as the valley of Wyom-
ing. It was there that Mr. Denison was born, and there lived
and died his ancestors. It was there that his associations were
made. He could, therefore, hardly fail to have been a man of
marked ability and marked culture.

"He and I did not agree in political sentiment.but his uncle and
myself did. I have always believed him to be not only a man
of talent and culture, but a man of entire honesty and of the
most pure life and high-toned sentiments. I knew, also, very
well the family from which his wife sprang. They, also, were
people who took part in the revolution and all the struggles of
this country ; but they resided in a different part of the state. I
offer to his wife and children my most sincere sympathy for the
loss of their husband and father."

In the house of representatives of the United States Hon. S. J.
Randall said :

"It was my privilege to be his associate in the thirty-eighth and
thirty-ninth congresses, and he was also present at the first ses-
sion of the present congress in March.

"An acquaintance and association with him soon ripened into a
regard and friendship, for I was not long in finding out his noble
traits of character.

"As a legislator he was able, intelligent, and pure ; as a citizen,
of patriotic motives and unyielding and unbending purpose and
intent; as a friend he was true; as husband and father he was
affectionate and was beloved. In a word, he was a good man ; so
lived and so died.

"In the public councils he commanded unbounded respect, and
at his home his three elections to this house indicate in what
esteem he was held. His example should not be without its
lesson. A public man who can yield this life with such a name
to live after him as Charles Denison may indeed be imitated."

Mrs, Denison died in this city in 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Deni-
son left a family of four children — Charles Denison, of New York ;

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Elizabeth Brett, wife of the late George Henry Brett, Isle of
Wight, England ; Maria Denison, Isle of Wight ; and Mary,
wife of Richard Winslow, formerly of Cleveland, Ohio, now resid-
ing in France.

EDWARD EMMELIUS LE CLERC.

Edward Emmelius Le Clerc, who was admitted to the bar of
Luzerne county, Pa., November 3, 1840, was a native of Philadel-
phia, Pa., where he was born August 19, 18 19. He was the
eldest son of Joseph Philip Le Clerc and Rachel Manning Cut-
ter, of New York. J. P. Le Clerc was postmaster of the borough
of Wilkes-Barre from 1843 to 1845. His grandfather was Joseph
P. Le Clerc, a native of France. He was a brother of General
Le Clerc, who married Pauline Bonaparte. His father was pres-
ident of Metz under the first empire. The family residence of the
father of E. E. Le Clerc was at the northeast corner of Union
and Franklin streets. After graduating from Dickinson college
he studied law in this city with his brother-in-law, Jonathan J.
Slocum. Soon after his admission to the bar war was declared
against Mexico, and in a short time thereafter two regiments of
volunteers were called for as Pennsylvania's quota for the con-
quest of our sister republic. The Wilkes-Barre company, under
Captain Dana, at once offered its service, and was accepted. Le
Clerc was anxious to join the army under General Scott, and
being offered the position of lieutenant in a company being en-
listed in Columbia county, entered the service and participated in
nearly every engagement from the taking of Vera Cruz to the
final assault on Chapultapec and the national capital. He was
also an honorary aid to General Scott. He returned with the
soldiers when the war was over, but broken in health, and, pos-
sessing but a delicate constitution, did not long survive the many
hardships he had endured while in the service. He died at Mount
Airy, Philadelphia, August 11, 1847. He was an unmarried
man. He was a poet of considerable ability, and many of his
fugitive pieces have been going around the press for many years.

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AMZI WILSON.

Amzi Wilson was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county, Pa.,
November 7, 1840. He was a native of Pittston, where he was
born December 17, 1795. He was a son of Isaac Wilson and
grandson of Joseph Wilson. (See page 914.) He resided in
Carbondale, Pa., the greater part of his life. In 1837 he was one
of the school directors of Carbondale. In 1832 he established
the Northern Pennsylvanian newspaper in DundafiF, Pa., and in
December of the same year removed the establishment to Car-
bondale. His was the first newspaper published in that city.
In 1837 he sold the paper to William Bolton. He was an alder-
man of the city of Carbondale for many years. He married, July
3, 1827, Lena Wetherly; on February 5, 1837, Esther Wetherly.
They were the daughters of Nathaniel Wetherly and his wife,
Susanna Hubbard, of Scott township, Luzerne (now Lackawanna)
county. On April 24, 1850 he married his third wife, Louisa Ayres,
of Carbondale. Eight children survived Mr, Wilson — Julian N.,
Roderick, Henrietta, Josephine, Flora, wife of George H. Squier;
Roscoe, Jarvis K., and Angle L., wife of William Geary. Mr.
Wilson died in Carbondale May 27, 1872.

MORRISON ELIJAH JACKSON.

Morrison Elijah Jackson, who was admitted to the bar of Lu-
zerne county. Pa., January 5, 1841, was a native of Berwick, Pa.,
where he was born February 10, 1817. The father of M. E.
Jackson was Joel C. Jackson, who was born February 4,
1796, at Goshen, N. Y. The name of his wife was Eliza-
beth Doane, a daughter of Benjamin Doane, of Chester coun-
ty, Pa., who emigrated to Columbia county in the latter part
of the last century, settled at Berwick, and followed his
trade, that of a tailor, until his death in 1845. M. E. Jackson
was educated in the schools of his native place, and read law with

1196 Morrison Elijah Jackson'.

Judge Cooper, at Danville, Pa., then the county seat of Columbia
county, where he was admitted to the bar November 16, 1840.
In 1852 he represented Columbia and Montour in the house of
representatives at Harrisburg. After Mr. Jackson's admission to
the bar he opened his office in Berwick, where he was in contin-
uous practice until his death, appearing as occasion required
before the several courts in Columbia, Luzerne, Montour, Sulli-
van, Wyoming, Carbon and Schuylkill counties, also before the
district and circuit courts of the United States for the western
district, and the Supreme Court of the state. He was at the time
of his death the senior member of the bar of Columbia county
and president of the bar association. He was a successful prac-
titioner, and held deservedly high place among his associates. In
politics he belonged to the democratic party, and was an active
member of the organization in Columbia county, assisting in the
yearly canvass with the force and effect that a positive man
always exerts. His influence was also strong in its bearing on
the borough government, and as a member of the council he
served a number of terms to the advantage alike of the corpora-
tion and the taxpayers. In a business way he was a man pos-
sessed of more than ordinary good judgment, and amassed a large
property. He was a director of the First National bank from its
inception, being a considerable stockholder therein and the attor-
ney thereof He was a trustee in behalf of the state of the normal
school at Bloomsburg. He stood well up in the masonic fraternity
as a member of the Berwick lodge. He was a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church for twenty-seven years, and was a
class leader therein a number of years. The following named
persons had been at one time and another students in his office :
Hon. C. R. Buckalew, Hon. Aaron J. Dietrick, Silas Buzzard,
Alfred Hall, Hon. A. H. Dill, W. A. Peck. L. T. Thompson, Mil-
ton Stiles, C. B. Jackson. Mr. Jackson married, July 4, 1843,
Anne S. Gilmore, a daughter of Stephen Gilmore, born in Ireland
in 1794, and Jane Gilmore, (nee Doane). They had a family of two
children — Charles B. Jackson, who was admitted to the bar of
Luzerne county October 18, 1875, and Anne G.Jackson, who
married Andrew K. Oswald, who was admitted to the bar of Lu-
zerne county November 29, 1881. Mr. Jackson was never a resi-

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dent of our county, but living near the line in Columbia county,
we have seen fit to name him as one of our lawyers. As a mat-
ter of fact he did more business in our county than he did in
Columbia county. He died at Berwick, July 23, 1879.

JOHN I. ALLEN.

John L Allen was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county, Pa.,
January 6, 1841. He established at Carbondale, Pa., January i,
i8^^,the Democratic Standard and Know Nothing Expositor, which
was continued until September 17 following, when the building
in which it was printed, together with about twenty others, was
burned, and the paper was never reestablished. He also at one
time owned and conducted the Wayne County Herald, at Hones-
dale, Pa. He was drowned in the canal at Honesdale. He had
a son, George Allen, who became a lawyer, but is now deceased.

WILLIAM CHAMPION REYNOLDS.

William Champion Reynolds was commissioned an associate
judge of Luzerne county. Pa., March 15, 1841, succeeding Wil-
Ham S. Ross in that position. (For a sketch of Mr. Reynold's
life see page 778).

HORATIO W. NICHOLSON.

Horatio W. Nicholson, who was admitted to the bar of Lu-
zerne county. Pa.,. April 6, 1841, was a descendant of Ambrose
Nicholson and his wife, Margaret Hill, of Glastonbury, Connec-
ticut, who were married June 13, 1756. Francis Nicholson, eld-

iigS Lyman Hakes.

est son of Ambrose Nicholson, was born in Glastonbury April
13. 1758- His wife was Rachel Loveland, daughter of David
Loveland, of Glastonbury, whom he married February 7, 1781.
Francis Nicholson served in the war of the revolution, and about
the end of the last century removed to what is now Hamlinton,
in Wayne county, Pa. He died soon after. Zenas Nicholson,
son of Francis Nicholson, was born in Glastonbury November
21, 1795. His first wife, the mother of H. W. Nicholson, was
Mary, daughter of George Goodrich, who was the son of Seth
Goodrich, who came from Connecticut. (See page 123.) Hora-
tio W. Nicholson was born at Salem Corners, now Hamlinton,
Pa., December 4, 18 17. He was educated at Harford academy,
Susquehanna county. Pa., and read law with Luther Kidder in
this city. He practiced here for some years and then removed
to Waverly, Pa., where he died June 16, 1855. He married,
March 4, 1838, Rhoda Stone. She was the daughter of John
Stone, who removed to Abington, Luzerne (now Lackawanna)
county, in 18 10 from Rhode Island. She subsequently married
Lathan Jones, M. D. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson had a family of
two children — Oscar E. Nicholson and George S. Nicholson. The
latter is still living. Oscar F. Nicholson, of this city, and J.
Milton Nicholson, of Kingston, are half brothers of Horatio
W. Nicholson.

LYMAN HAKES.

Lyman Hakes was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county, Pa.,
April 6, 1841. He was a descendant of Solomon Hakes, who
was of Westerly, Rhode Island, in 1709. The records of the
town meeting held in April, 1709, show that Solomon Hakes and
some others were proposed to be made freemen, and at the next
meeting Solomon was admitted a freeman and was allotted one
hundred acres of the vacant land. The next year he removed to
Stonington, Connecticut. The wife of Solomon Hakes was
Anna BiUings, granddaughter of William Billings, who came

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from England in 1640 and settled in Stonington. Her father was
Ebenezer Billings, whose wife was Anna Comstock. Solomon
Hakes had a son George Hakes. George S. Hakes, son of George
Hakes, was born January 27, 1751, in Stonington. He left Ston-
ington and from 1770 to 1793 was settled in Berkshire county,
Massachusetts. He removed from Berkshire to Herkimer county,
N. Y., in 1793, and died about 1826 at Salisbury, Herkimer
county. He married Zurvia Church, a descendant of Captain
Church, in 1774. His occupation was that of a farmer. Lyman
Hakes, son of George S. Hakes, was born at Hancock, Berk-
shire county, Massachusetts, May 26, 1788. He married his first
wife, Nancy Dayton, of Watertown, Litchfield county, Connecti-
cut, at Harpersfield, Delaware county, N. Y., where she was
engaged in teaching school, September 22, 181 3. She died in
1850, after raising a family of eight children. He married for
his second wife Delinda Osborne. He was for several years sup-
ervisor of Harpersfield, and took an active part in building up
schools and establishing useful libraries, and was of much value
to young men in their debating societies. He was the leading
spirit in favor of good roads and in the construction of a turn-
pike through Delaware and Schoharie counties about 1836. In
1 84 1 he was commissioned by Governor Seward a judge of the
courts of Delaware county. It was during his term that the anti-
rent insurrection broke out, making much business for the courts.
In the war of 18 12 he was drafted into the military service and
was stationed at New York. In those days bounties were un-
known. Each man had to provide his own weapon and accou-
trements. He was honorably discharged and started home with-
out a shilling. About 1870 he was awarded a pension of one
hundred dollars a year, every dollar of which he gave away as
soon as he received it. He died at Harpersfield July 14, 1873.
His sister Hannah was the grandmother of Hon. Charles E.
Rice, now president judge of Luzerne county. Lyman Hakes,
son of Lyman Hakes, was born at Harpersfield, N. Y., March
23, 1 8 16. He came to Pennsylvania in 1837, and for some time
taught school' at Berwick, Columbia county. Pa. While thus
engaged he commenced the study of law under the tuition of the
late Hon. S. F. Headley. In 1839 he came to Wilkes-Barre and

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continued his legal studies under William Wurtz. Very early
in his career Mr. Hakes gave evidence of his power as a criminal
lawyer, which afterwards distinguished him. He had to con-
tend against able men and powerful orators, who did little to help
the struggling young attorney; but opposition only developed
the powers of his mind, and his strength of will overcame every
obstacle, until he stood the peer of the brightest, if not, indeed,
peerless at the Luzerne bar. He was not a brilliant orator, but
he had a mathematical mind, capable of condensing facts and pre-
senting them to a jury in a most convincing manner. He excelled
in clearness of statement and was always powerful before a jury.
In the earlier years of his practice Mr. Hakes was a close student
and was almost as successful in civil as in criminal cases, but in his
later years his practice was principally criminal and books were
in a great measure neglected. But even up to the last he was no
mean antagonist in any case. In the midst of a large practice at
the bar he found time to keep up with the current scientific liter-
ature of the day, and was greatly interested in all scientific dis-
coveries. He had almost a passion for machinery and when
riding on a railroad almost invariably took a position on the loco-
motive. In appreciation of this trait of his character the Lacka-
wanna and Bloomsburg railroad company named one of their
locomotives the "Lyman Hakes." Among the students of the
deceased are to be found some of our most promising lawyers.
The intercourse between Mr. Hakes and the young gentlemen
who studied under him, of which we can truthfully testify, was
ever of the most agreeable kind. So likewise the indulgence he
manifested towards the younger members of tlie bar. He was
not envious of any other's success but rather preferred giving aid
to its further advancement.

While it is not possible in a notice such as this to comment on
all that is worthy of remark, there is, nevertheless, a trait per-
taining to legal ethics wherein this practitioner was always the
most scrupulous. He stood steadfastly by his word. His fellow-
attorney need not ask under his signature for the evidence of any
agreement pertaining to any matter to come before court on trial.
His word was sufficient. What he verbally agreed to do was
with him a matter of professional pride to consummate.

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In his private life Mr. Hakes had many admirers, and this not
without cause. He was a true and faithful friend ; in the capacity
of a neighbor, justly noted. There were few men more ready to
serve, to aid, to counsel. His generosity was noble and exalted.
Perhaps the highest meed of praise that man can bestow upon
man is that due to charity. And all who knew Mr Hakes freely
accord to him the exercise of this heaven-born virtue. The last
dime in the purse was never refused to the cry of the needy. If
he did not always give with discrimination, he gave liberally ;
and whatever were his faults, there are many whom he befriended
who sincerely mourned his loss.

In the estimation of human character we are accustomed to
place most confidence in the evidence of those most qualified,
from closest intimacy, to judge. And it is in this case well worthy
of notice that all nearest allied to this man, in professional, social
and domestic life, bear the same testimony to his many virtues,
and most keenly feel the providence which has summoned him
from amongst us.

We knew Mr. Hakes well. As a student in his office, for a

while a member of his family, by our intercourse with him, we

learned not only to respect him, but to love him, and we here

drop a tear to his memory.

' ' And the night dew that falls, though in silence it weeps,
Shall brighten with verdure the grave where he sleeps;"

Mr. Hakes was twice married. His first wife, whom he mar-
ried in 1 85 1, was Elizabeth J. Baldwin, of this city. She was the
daughter of Jared R. Baldwin, who was clerk of the board of
commissioners of Luzerne county from 184S to 1850. His sec-
ond wife, whom he married in 1868, was Margaret D. Cowley, of
Pittsburg. He left no children by either wife. Mr. Hakes died
in this city December 8, 1873. He was a brother of Hon.
Harry Hakes of this city. (See page 134).

HENRY MILLS FULLER.

Henry Mills Fuller was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county.
Pa., January 3, 1842. (P'or a sketch of his life see page 586.)

1202 ZiBA Bennett.

ZIBA BENNETT.

Ziba Bennett was commissioned an associate j udge of Luzerne
county, Pa., February, 21, 1842. He was a native of Weston,
Connecticut, where he was born November 10, 1800. His grand-
father, Thaddeus Bennett and Mary Piatt, were married at Wes-
ton April 15, 1761. Piatt Bennett, son of Thaddeus Bennett,
was born at Weston July 28, 1770. His wife was Martha
Wheeler. While quite young Mr. Bennett's father removed
from his native state to West Chester county, N. Y., whence,
after a brief stay, he removed to Newtown (now Elmira),
N. Y. Young Mr Bennett's educational advantages were sim-
ilar to those generally enjoyed by boys in the beginning of the
present century, but, notwithstanding their limited nature, he
profited by them far more than the average of his fellows. His
superior intelligence, excellent moral character and good manners
made him noticeable even when a mere boy, and particularly
attracted the attention of the late Judge HoUenback, who had at
that time a branch store at Newtown. Judge HoUenback easily
persuaded Mr. Bennett's father that the boy was better adapted
to a mercantile career than to farming, and shortly after entering
his "teens" Mr. Bennett was given the position of junior clerk
in Judge HoUenback's branch store. In 1815 he was transferred
to the main store at Wilkes-Barre, and immediately entered upon
his duties in the store on South Main street. He proved a val-
uable acquisition in every way, being apt, obliging and conscien-
tious, and besides becoming a prime favorite with the general
public, so impressed his employer that he was rapidly advanced
from the position of a subordinate to that of chief clerk of the
establishment. In 1821 Judge HoUenback admitted his son,
George M. HoUenback, to partnership, and the business was
removed to new quarters at the corner of River and Market
streets, where John Welles HoUenback's building is in process
of erection. In 1822 Mr. Bennett became the partner of George
M. HoUenback, and their business relations were maintained un-
til 1826, when Mr. Bennett purchased the property of Stephen

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Turtle, on North Main street, and branched out for himself as a
merchant. By close application to business and carefulness in
its management he speedily placed his venture on a sound foot-
ing, and although at an age when few men have even fully
decided what to do for a living, he took his place among the
leading business men of the community. He continued thus en-
gaged up to the time of his death, when he was at the head
of the hardware house of Z. Bennett & Co., and the oldest
merchant in Luzerne county. Mr. Bennett's perceptions were
unusually clear, and his judgment always sound, and in spite of
the fact that he was one of the most cautious of men, readily dis-
cerned the avenues to wealth, and so boldly entered them that
he succeeded in amassing a large fortune. It has been said of
him that he was one of the most popular, successful and upright
merchants that ever graced the mercantile circles of the Wyoming
valley. During the years 1833 and 1834 he was a member of
the legislature of the state. Being elected to the office, he dis-
charged his duties with the same fidelity to the interest of
his constituents and of the state as he exercised in the man-
agement of his commercial affairs. The last named year the
bill for common schools passed both branches of the legis-
lature. Mr. Bennett took a very active interest in the mat-
ter, and as his name was the first in the alphabetical list of mem-
bers of the house, his was the first vote given to the bill. The
act of 1834 inaugurated a new era in education in this state. From
that time forward steady progress has been made. At times it
was slow and to many imperceptible, but public sentiment was
never stagnant and legislation never went backward. With this
law the foundation of the system of common schools now in vogue
was laid. It provided that a tax should be levied on all the tax-
able property and inhabitants; that townships, boroughs and
wards should be school districts, and that schools should be
maintained at public expense. The establishment and supervis-
ion of schools in each district were entrusted to a board of six
school directors to be chosen by the legal voters. The people
in each township were allowed to determine by an election
whether the new school system should be adopted or rejected,
and an election upon this question might be held once in three

1204 ZiBA Bennett.

years. The secretary of the commonwealth was made superin-
tendent of public schools, and the legislature was authorized to
appropriate funds annually from the state treasury in aid of the
work of education. Mr. Bennett was a member of the reform
convention which met at Harrisburg, Pa., January 8, 1834. His
associates from'this county were Luther Kidder, Albert G. Broad-
head and Ovid F. Johnson. This convention was preparatory to
the constitutional convention of 1838. They, recommended the
following amendments to the constitution : " The abolition of all
offices for life ; the meeting of the legislature on the first Monday
in January; members of the senate to be elected for two or three
years only; the enjoyment and security of the right of universal
suffrage; the judges of the Supreme Court and judges of the Court
of Common Pleas to be appointed by the governor, and the appoint-
ment to be sanctioned by the senate, or to be elected by joint bal-
lots of both houses, in either case for a term of five or seven years ;
associate judges, justices of the peace, prothonotaries, registers and
recorders and county treasurers to be elected by the people for a
term of years; all executive and judicial officers who shall be
appointed by the governor to have their appointments sanctioned
by the senate ; the election of a lieutenant governor, to preside
in the senate, and to act as chief magistrate in case of the death,
refusal to act, removal or impeachment of the governor; the term
of continued eligibility to the office of governor to be reduced or
shortened ; a provision for future amendments of the constitu-
tion, and a restriction of the pardoning power of the governor."
Mr. Bennett had no taste for politics, and when his term had ex-
pired he set his face against renomination, and also declined
every subsequent invitation to enter the political arena, including
several offers of a nomination to congress. Although not caring
for public honors, and avoiding prominence so far as lay in his
power, he was by no means indifferent to public affairs ; on the
contrary, he was unselfishly interested in every question that
concerned the people, and while not caring to appear at the front
in dealing with them, he was not infrequently active in determin-
ing them one way or the other. Judge Bennett possessed the
public confidence to a degree seldom exceeded. Every trust
confided to him was administered with religious exactitude and

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never with an eye to his personal advantage. His careful and
methodical business habits were carried into his public life with
the happiest effect upon the affairs transacted. During his re-
markably long and successful business career Mr. Bennett was
identified with many enterprises in the Wyoming valley. He
was one of the founders of the Wyoming bank, an institution
which owes its prosperity and unblemished record largely to his
personal supervision of its affairs. Of this institution he was a
director from its organization in 1829 until his death, and its pres-
ident for nearly ten years. He was also for some years president
of the Wilkes- Barre Bridge Company and of the Hollenback
Cemetery Association. He was an incorporator of the Wilkes-
Barre Gas Company, the Wilkes-Barre Water Company, Miners'
Savings Bank of Wilkes-Barre, of the Home.for Friendless Chil-
dren, and other associations. In 1862 he founded and became
the senior member of the banking house of Bennett, Phelps & Co.,
of Wilkes-Barre, his associates being John C. Phelps, his son-in-
law, and George S. Bennett, his son. Of this banking firm he
remained the head until his death. Mr. Bennett became a pro-
fessing member of the Methodist Episcopal church at the age of
twenty-one, and immediately proceeded to identify himself with
its work. For over half a century he was a useful and prominent
officer in the church. As a young man he was chorister. A
large part of his labors at a later period were in connection with
the First Methodist Episcopal Sabbath school, which he suc-
ceeded in making one of the most flourishing in Wilkes-Barre.
His zeal in religious work was unflagging, and as Sabbath school
superintendent, steward and trustee of the First Methodist Epis-
copal church, he was able to give it free rein. He was truly a
religious man, and it is not too much to say that his whole
life was sweetened, ennobled and rounded out by his sin-
cere Christianity. He donated the land on Franklin street upon
which the First Methodist Episcopal church is erected. He was
in active sympathy with 4ll reforms, and was particularly inter-
ested in the cause of temperance, which he believed to be a
starting point toward the higher moral state. He was one of the
originators of the first organized movement against intemperance
in Luzerne county, and lived to see many beneficial results follow

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its inauguration. In 1872 he was elected by the layman's con-
vention to the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal
church, held at Brooklyn, N. Y., and was thus one of the first
lay delegates to that body from the Wyoming conference. His
connection with the church established in the early days of Meth-
odism in the Wyoming valley was lovingly maintained till the
closing hours of his life. He .gave hberally of his ample fortune
to sustain religious and charitable work, and not the least worthy
of his kind deeds was his unfailing hospitality to all engaged in
christian work. He assisted in founding the Luzerne County
Bible Society, was a liberal contributor to its funds, and was for
twenty-six years its treasurer. As early as 1828 he was its re-
cording secretary. In the work of public education he was
warmly interested, and in order to bring the advantages of higher
education closer to the people with whom his lot was cast, he
aided in establishing the Wyoming Seminary at Kingston, was
one of its trustees for many years, and founded its ample and
extensive library, which was named in his honor. He held other
positions of honor and trust besides those named, and in all was
able, prudent and faithful in the discharge of the duties devolving
upon him. He was treasurer of the borough of Wilkes-Barre in
1824 and 1825, and a member of the town council in 1828, 1829,
1849 ^^'^ 1850. One of his marked characteristics was his kind,
conciliatory disposition. He resolutely avoided all wrangling
and contention, and never took part in or countenanced disputes
on any subject. The wealth he acquired was obtained honestly,
and was used generously to promote the welfare of humanity.
This old, widely known and greatly esteemed citizen died No-
vember 4, 1878, to the great regret of the people of this city. Mr.
Bennett was twice married. His first wife, whom he married
November 25, 1825, was Hannah Fell Slocum, the eldest daugh-
ter of Joseph Slocum. (See page 339.) This most estimable
christian lady died February 5, 1855, leaving behind a precious
memory, fragrant of noble virtues and good deeds. Their two
surviving children are:

I. George Slocum Bennett, born August 17, 1842, in Wilkes-
Barre, Pa. 0. n. K. ; A. B., Wesleyan University, 1864; A. M.,
1867. Commencement orator. 1864, with his father in banking

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business, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; 1864-1889, director of Wyoming
National bank, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; 1864-1889, secretary of board
of directors of Wyoming National bank, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. ;
1865-79, member of the firm of Bennett, Phelps & Co., Wilkes-
Barre, Pa. ; 1868-89, superintendent First Methodist Episcopal
church Sunday school, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. ; 1868-70, member of
town council, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; 1869, traveled extensively in
Europe; 1869-89, manager of Wilkes-Barre Bridge Company;
1870-73, member of school board, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; 1871,
president of Young Men's Christian Association, Wilkes-Barre,
Pa.; 1871-87, member of board of managers of Young Men's
Christian Association, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; 1873-89, trustee of
Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pa.; 1874-89, trustee First Meth-
odist Episcopal church, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; 1876-89, manager
Wilkes-Barre City Hospital; 1876-89, treasurer Wilkes-Barre
Bridge Company; 1878-89, manager Hollenback Cemetery As-
sociation, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; 1879-83, member of school board^
city of Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; 1879-89, secretary Luzerne County
Bible Society ; 1883, president school board, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. ;
1886, vice president Wilkes-Barre Lace Manufacturing Company;
1886-88, treasurer Sheldon Axle Company, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. ;
1887-88, president Wilkes-Barre Lace Manufacturing Company;
1888-89, trustee of Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn.;
1888-89, trustee of Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, N. J.;
1888-89, president board of trustees of Wyoming Seminary,
Kingston, Pa. He married, September 7, 1871, Ellen W. Nel-
son, daughter of Rev. Reuben Nelson, D. D., of Kingston, Pa.
Their children are: i. Martha Phelps Bennett, born October 16,
1873; 2. Reuben Nelson Bennett, born December 12, 1875;
3. Ziba Piatt Bennett, born March 22, 1881.

II. Martha Wheeler Bennett, born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.,
August 2, 1833. She married, September 20, 1854, John C.
Phelps, a native of Granby, Conn., where he was born April 20,
1825. Their children are : i. Anna B. Phelps, born January i,
1856. 2. William G. Phelps, born August 17, 1857; married,
November 17, 1880, Caroline I., daughter of Hon. L. D. Shoe-
maker. 3. Francis A. Phelps, born May-4, 1859. 4- Grace L.
Phelps, born March 31, 1863; married November 9, 1887,

i208 James Holliday.

Henry B. Piatt, son of Hon. Thomas C. Piatt. 5. Ziba Bennett
Phelps, bom December 7, 1870.

The second wife of Ziba Bennett, whom he married November
18, 1856, was Priscilla E. Lee, daughter of the late James Stewart
Lee, of Nanticoke. He was a brother of Colonel Washington
Lee. (See page 1079.) She erected the chapel connected with
the First Methodist Episcopal church of this city at a cost of
;^26,ooo, and presented the same to that society. She might also
be called the foundress of the Home for Friendless Children on
South Franklin street in this city. On March 22, 1862, a num-
ber of ladies interested in benevolent work met at the house of
Mrs. Bennett. A board of lady managers were chosen, and Mrs.
Bennett was appointed the treasurer. The society was subse-
quently incorporated. The management of the Home is in the
hands of twenty-four ladies, who meet once a month for consul-
tation. For a large number of years Mrs. Bennett has been the
president. She has been connected with the First Methodist
Episcopal Sabbath school of this city for the past thirty years,
and for the past fifteen years she has been the assistant superinten-
dent. She still survives, and the hope and prayer of all christian
people is that her life may long be spared to bless this commu-
nity with her charitable and benevolent work. Her large benev-
olences and noble christian character have made her name
familiar, and her "praise is in all the churches."

JAMES HOLLIDAY.

James Holliday was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county,
Pa., April 4, 1842. In the latter part of the following year he
removed to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he remained until his
death several years since. He died in the court room there while
engaged in trying a case. His wife was Mary Sterling, a grand-
daughter of Samuel Sterling, who came with his- family from
Bridgeport, Conn., prior to 1800, and settled in what is now Mesh-
oppen township, Wyoming county, Pa., where he died about

AaKON KlNGSLEV pECKHAM. 1 2O9

1830. He was a descendant of David Sterling, who was born in
Hertfordshire, England. He came to this country in 165 1 and
settled in Charlestown, Mass. The father of Mrs. Holliday
was Major Daniel Sterling, son of Samuel Sterling, who came
from Bridgeport with his father's family. He was born there
July 8, 1776. He early opened a store and hotel at Black Wal-
nut, and bought land on Meshoppen creek near its mouth, where
he was for many years extensively engaged in lumbering, grist
milling, merchandizing, and farming. He removed about 1 837
to Illinois, where he died August 25, 1839. He was married
three times, his third wife, the mother of Mrs. Holliday, being
Rachel Brooks. Mr. and Mrs. Holliday had two children, Wal-
ter Holliday, now deceased, and Elizabeth Holliday. Mrs. Hol-
liday subsequently married James P. Whaling, auditor of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad. She now resides at
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

AARON KINGSLEY PECKHAM.

Aaron Kingsley Peckham was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county. Pa., August i, 1842. He was the second child of Kings-
ley Peckham and Hannah Retta Rounds, and was born at Bris-
tol, Rhode Island, October 15, 18 15. His father was a farmer
and while residing in Rhode Island made a bare competence for
himself and family. Learning of the cheapness and facility with
which land could be acquired in Pennsylvania, he left Rhode
Island in the spring of 1829, and after a long and tedious journey,
fraught with the dangers, difficulties and discouragements inci-
dent to the season and mode of travel, arrived and settled early
in the spring in Columbia, Bradford county, Pa. The expenses
of the trip left his father little to begin with, but he went earn-
estly to work in the heavily timbered forest, soon made a clear-
ing, and erected habitable buildings. At this time the subject of
our sketch was fourteen years old, just the age when he should
have been placed at school and had opportunities for fitting him-
self better for his after work. He remained with his father until
about the age of nineteen, assisting in clearing, working the land

1 2 10 Warrem Jay Woodward.

and making improvements in spring, summer and fall, and attend-
ing the common schools of the neighborhood in the winter. He
then procured a tract of land in Armenia township, Bradford
county, and went to work for himself. Not a tree had been cut
upon this tract when he went upon it. He cut and cleared a
number of fallows, set up a good sugar bush, and made sugar
several seasons. He remained there until the spring of 1838,
when he rented a pail factory. It was shortly after be began
manufacturing pails that he determined to study law. He entered
his name as a student with John C. Adams, of the Towanda, Pa.,
bar, meanwhile carrying on his business, and in addition taught
school winters. In 1842 he was admitted to the Bradford county
bar. He located at Tunkhannock and 'practiced there. This was
a short time before Wyoming county was separated from Luzerne
county. He immediately obtained a fair share of business, and
by his industry, application and perseverance worked his way
into a good practice. In i860 the late Warren J. Woodward, the
then presiding judge of the twenty-sixth judicial district,
comprising among others Wyoming county, was elected presi-
dent judge of the twenty-third judicial district, and surrendered
his commission as the presiding judge of the twenty-sixth. Gov-
ernor Curtin commissioned A. K. Peckham to fill the vacancy, in
the fall of 1 86 1, which position he held until December i, 1862.
He resumed the practice of his profession at Tunkhannock, con-
tinuing there until his death, March 22, 1865. He married. Jane
A. P. Manville, at Towanda, February 21, 1845. She died at
Tunkhannock July 5, 1855. By her he left one daughter, Mrs.
N. P. Hicks, of Towanda. Mr. Peckham married a second time
— Jane E. Knowles, of Chittenango, N. Y. — November 24, 1858.
By her he left one daughter, Mary.

WARREN JAY WOODWARD.

Warren Jay Woodward, who was admitted to the bar of Lu-
zerne county. Pa., August i, 1842, was a descendant of Richard
Woodward, who was admitted a freeman September r, 1635, and
whose name is on the earliest list of the proprietors of Water-

Warren Jay Woodward. i 2 i i

town, Massachusetts. (See page 97.) His grandfather, Abishai
Woodward, was the father of the late George W. Woodward.
He was an associate judge of Wayne county from 1814 to 1829,
and sherifif from 1807 to 1810. The father of W. J. Woodward
was John K. Woodward. He was the son of Abishai Wood-
ward. J. K. Woodward was a surveyor, draftsman and a good
mathematician. When Pike county was created John K. Wood-
ward ran the division hne of the new county. He was prothon-
otary and clerk of the several courts from 1823 to 1827. The
wife of John K. Woodward was Mary Kellogg, a daughter of
Silas Kellogg, who removed to Wayne county in 1792, from the
state of New York. He was sheriff of Wayne county from 1813
to 1 8 16. Warren J. Woodward was born September 24, 18 19,
near Bethany, Wayne county. Pa.; secured in his youth an aca-
demic education at Wilkes-Barfe ; taught school several terms
in his native county ; entered the printing ofiSce of the Wayne
county Herald, at Bethany, and conducted that newspaper for a
time in the absence of its proprietor, and was then for about two
years connected with the Pennsylvanian, at Philadelphia, in an
editorial capacity. He studied law at Wilkes-Barre with his
uncle George W. Woodward, and E. L. Dana, and then practiced
for about fifteen years with eminent success, holding at the time of
his appointment to a judgeship the leading practice at the Luzerne
bar. He had the habits and tastes of a student, and was one of
the most laborious of men, always disposed to mastfer difificulties
and go to the bottom of a subject. A conscientious performance
of judicial duty involves much of concentrated attention and
effort, quite unknown to the outer world because performed
mostly in private. Even in the long run results only become
evident; it comes to be known that the faithful judge is a great
or accomplished lawyer ; that his work is correctly and prompt-
ly performed ; that sound law is pronounced, and impartial jus-
tice administered by him ; but little is known by the general pub-
lic of the days or weeks or years of patient toil and of self-discipline
which have made him what he is — an accomplished minister of
justice. The immediate cause of the judge's death was nervous
exhaustion, accompanied by an enlargement of the liver. For
twenty years he had been subject to recurring bilious attacks,

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which, with overwork, appear to have caused his final sickness
•and death. His walk was remarkably erect; his limbs and face
clothed with little flesh ; but his frame was of fair size, his body
substantial, and his head showed intellectual development and
power. His eye was kindly, and kindled in familiar discourse ;
his conversation was emphatic, without violence, and had the
charms of earnestness and variety in intercourse with friends.
He read much of general literature, and obtained larger views of
mankind and affairs than those of the mere lawyer or plodding
judge. But of all his characteristics, conscientiousness was, per-
haps, the most commanding and constant. This was the spur
to labor and study throughout his career, carrying him with tire-
less activity through all the obscurities and difficulties of every
case, and presenting to him at all times a wholesome apprehen-
sion that some man's right or sonie principle of justice might be
overlooked or neglected. He was never a candidate for political
office in the ordinary sense of that term, but by devotion to his
profession of the law he qualified himself for high judicial posi-
tions, and obtained them without personal solicitations or effort.
Although a democrat of the straightest sect, he was appointed
by Governor Pollock to be president judge of the judicial dis-
trict composed of Columbia, Sullivan and Wyoming counties
upon a general request of the members of the bar of both par-
ties, and was afterwards elected to the same position by the peo-
ple without 'opposition. Upon the bench he exhibited great
ability and impartiality, united with a faithful devotion to the
duties of his office. All business before him was promptly dis-
posed of, and the intrusion of political feelings or other sinister
influence into his courts was sternly prevented. He brought to
the bench qualities which had received their training and discip-
line under Judge Conyngham, of this county, before whom his
professional life at the bar had been passed— an admirable judge
and a finished gentleman, whose memory yet holds the respect
of the people of all the courts in which his judicial duties were
discharged. These quaUties, constituting high quahfications for
a judge, were great integrity of purpose, great industry, and a
most sincere, unassuming devotion to justice. And in social
intercourse off the bench his temper was genial and kindly, and

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his friendship was considered a proper object of just and honor-
able effort. In 1861 Judge Woodward was nominated by the
democrats of the Bucks and Montgomery district as their can-
didate for the president judgeship, but he declined. He was then
invited to accept a nomination for president judge of Berks coun-
ty, and was chosen to that position at the general election of that
year by a large majority. In 1871 he was reelected without
opposition, for he had then become known to the people of that
county as a most admirable judge and an estimable man, and his
retention upon the bench was considered an object of the utmost
importance to the people of that county. From that position of
usefulness, however, he was called to the bench of the Supreme
Court by an election in the fall of 1874, taking his seat on the
first Monday of January following, so that at the time of his
death he had served a.s a justice of the Supreme Court something
more than four years and a half His opinions, to be found in
the books of reports, will remain to bear evidence of his ability,
and their language and composition to gratify all readers of sound
taste and learning. Judge Woodward was married to a daughter
of Judge Scott, of this city. She died many years since, hie
was a great reader of current literature, and was constantly keep-
ing up with all the magazines and new books. He possessed a
fondness for literary pursuits, and while still a law student was
an editorial contributor to the Pennsylvanian. He was also much
devoted to agriculture and horticulture, and on his farm in New
York he had all of the best varieties of fruit in cultivation. He
was a liberal contributor to charitable objects, and was identified
with every movement in the city of Reading calculated to relieve
distress. He was president of the Reading benevolent society
for a number of years, and presided over the annual meetings.
He was a director of the Reading dispensary up to the time of
the reorganization of the institution. He was also a liberal con-
tributor to the Reading relief society. He took a prominent part
in the reorganization of the Reading library company, and was
one of the founders of the reading room association. Judge
Woodward was the law preceptor of Governor Hoyt, and occu-
pied a seat with the latter in a barouche in the inaugural proces-
sion in Harrisburg. He also publicly administered the oath to

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Governor Hoyt upon his inauguration. Many anecdotes could
be related of Judge Woodward. He presided with great dignity
in the trial of cases ; while off the bench he was a pleasant com-
panion. When a young man, like many other lawyers, he fell
into the habit of writing an execrable hand, but upon finding one
day that he was unable to decipher some notes which he had
taken, he determined to improve his penmanship. He adopted
the rule to write so that each letter would be perfectly plain, and
he persevered until his chirography became a model of elegance.
His judicial dockets are remarkable for the neat and legible man-
ner in which they were kept, the entries being as easily read as
printed matter. In 1875 he received the honorary degree of doc-
tor of laws from Franklin and Marshall college, of Lancaster.
The severe labors which he had undergone in his long judicial
service had, before his elevation to the supreme bench, enfeebled
a constitution always frail and delicate. The death of his eldest
son, Henry, in 1878, added to his sufferings. In the summer of
1879 he was compelled by ill health to retire to his farm near
the village of Hamden, Delaware county, N. Y., and there died,
September 23, 1879, and is buried in Hollenback cemetery in
this city. Two children survived him — Warren Woodward, a
member of the Lackawanna county bar, who died in 1881, and
Katharine Woodward, since married to Frank Perley Howe, of
Danville, Pa., a son of Bishop Howe, of the Protestant Episco-
pal church.

WILLIAM HENRY MILLER.

William Henry Miller, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county. Pa., November 11, 1842, was born near Middletown,
Adams county. Pa., January 13, 1820. He studied law with Hon.
John Reed, at Carlisle, Pa., and was admitted to the bar at that
place in August, 1842, and soon, after removed to Luzerne (now
Wyoming) county, and located at Tunkhannock, where he prac-
ticed law until the latter part of 1843, when he removed to Car-

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lisle and practiced there the remainder of his life. He married,
May 30, 1843, Jane R. McDowell, who still survives him. Mr.
and Mrs. Miller have no children living. Mr. Miller at one time
filled the office of district attorney for Cumberland county, Pa.
He died in June, 1877. "He lived a long and useful life — an
honored citizen, a good lawyer, and an upright man."

MINER S. BLACKMAN.

Miner S. Blackman, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county. Pa., January 2, 1843, was a native of Wilkes-Barre, Pa.,
where he was born August 14, 18 15. He was a descendant of
John (?) Blackman, who was born in England about 1600 and
emigrated to Massachusetts or Connecticut about 1635. He had
a son John (?), who was born in Connecticut in the latter year.
He had a son Elisha, who was born in Connecticut about 1687,
married, lived, and died about 1768, in Lebanon, Connecticut.
Elisha Blackman, son of Elisha Blackman, was born in Lebanon
in 1717; married Lucy Polly, who was a widow Smith; emi-
grated with his family to Wilkes-Barre early in the spring of
1 772 ; was in the battle at Nanticoke and defeat of Plunkett in
1775 ; was in the skirmish with the Indians at Exeter on July i,
1778 ; returned to Lebanon after the battle and massacre of July
3, 1778; returned to Wilkes-Barre in 1790; owned a farm ex-
tending on both sides of Main street ; one lot west of Academy
street; died there in 1804. Ichabod Blackman, son of Elisha
Blackman, was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, in 1762; came to
Wilkes-Barre with his father's family in 1772 ; was in the skir-
mish at Exeter, July i, 1778, together with his father and brother
Elisha ; fled with his father, mother, sisters and brother Eleazer,
on July 4, 1778, through the woods to Stroudsburg, and from
thence to Connecticut ;• returned to Wilkes-Barre about 1784.
(See page 931.) In 1786 he married, at Goshen, N. Y., Eliza-
beth Franklin, daughter of Jonathan Franklin. The Franklins
were a large and respectable family, distant relatives of Dr. Ben-
jamin Franklin. Of the Wyoming family there were seven
brothers, all of whom had large families, from whom a numer-

I2i6 Edward M. Covell.

ous progeny has sprung. John was killed in the battle and mas-
sacre of Wyoming. Mr. Blackman removed to Sheshequin,
Bradford county, in 1794. He went up the river on a boat
with Judge Hollenback and brought the first cart used in the
township. In the month of April, 1798, he was drowned while
crossing the river in a canoe on a very dark night. Ichabod
Blackman had three sons — Colonel Franklin Blackman, Rev.
David S. Blackman, a Presbyterian minister, and Elisha Black-
man. The latter was born in Horn Brook, Bradford county,
in 1 791. His first wife was Mary Searle. The two latter were
the parents of Miner S. Blackman. Mr. Blackman was edu-
cated in his native town. He read law with H. B. Wright, in
this city He served an apprenticeship to the printing business
with Asher Miner, at Doylestown, Pa., in his young manhood, and
in connection with Dr. Thomas W. Miner published the Wyom-
ing Repud/kan, in Kingston, from 1837 to 1839. In 1844, 1845
and 1846 he was one of the trustees of the Wyoming seminary,
at Kingston. He was also district attorney of Luzerne county
during the years 1841, 1842 and 1843. He was a member of the
town council of the borough of Wilkes-Barre at the time of his
decease. He was a class leader in the Methodist Episcopal
church for a number of years. Mr. .Blackman married, Septem-
ber 26, 1843, Ann Elizabeth Drake, of this city. She was the
daughter of Benjamin Drake, a native of Mendham, Morris
county, N. J., where he was born April 22, 1778, and his wife
Nancy S. Ely, a native of Abington, Montgomery county. Pa.,
where she was born February 10, 1788. They were married
March 2, 18 17. Mr. and Mrs. Blackman had two children, but
neither survived. Mr. Blackman died by his own hands. May
25, 1848, while suffering from a severe attack of small pox. His
wife is also deceased. They left no children.

EDWARD M. COVELL.

Edward M. Covell, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county. Pa., January 2, 1843, was a native of Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
He was the grandson of Matthew Covell, M. D., who was a resi-

Edward M. Covell. 12 17

dent of Wilkes-Barre prior to 1800, and in 1798 he was a justice
of the peace for Wilkes-Barre township. In 181 1 he was one of
the commissioners of the Wilkes-Barre meeting house and bank
lottery. The wife of Dr. Covell was Aurelia Tuttle. She was a
descendant of Joseph Tuttle, who was baptized in New Haven,
Conn., November 22, 1640; married, May 2, 1667, Hannah,
daughter of Captain Thomas Munson, born June 11, 1648. Cap-
tain Munson came in the Elizabeth to Boston in 1634; removed
to Hartford, and was of the Hartford contingent under Captain
Mason at the destruction of the Pequot fort; removed to New
Haven 1642; offered one-third of an unclaimed allotment in the
governor's quarter on conditions that he never complied with,
namely, that he would build a house thereon and devote himself
to making Wheels and ploughs for the good of the colony. In
1669 he was a commissioner with Samuel Bishop and three others
to meet five commissioners from Branford to establish bounda-
ries. In 1675 he commanded the New Haven troops that, at
Norrituck, defended the plantation against the Indians. He was a
representative in the general assembly twenty-four sessions, from
1666 to 1683. A complaint against Joseph Tuttle and John Hold
was made August 7, 1666, for "tumultous carriage and speaking
against the infliction- of punishment upon two delinquents ;" fined
twenty shillings. "He was excused from 'watching in 1685,'" be-
ing an impotent man, having lost the use of one of his feet, and
now having two sons in the public service." The same year he was
appointed constable, but declined on account of lameness. Ste-
phen Tuttle, son of Joseph Tuttle, was born May 20, 1673 ;
removed to Woodbridge, N. J., where his name first appears on
land record April 17, 1695, as grantee of six acres of high land,
which was laid out to him December 21 of same year. At town
meeting January i, 1697, Stephen Tuttle was chosen constable
for the year ensuing. His name stands fourth on the list of
church members. He was married in Woodbridge by Samuel Hale,
justice of the peace, September 12, 1695, to Ruth Fitz Randolph,
of Woodbridge, of the family from which Governor Randolph is a
descendant. Stephen Tuttle, son of Stephen Tuttle, was taken
young with his father's family to Woodbridge, but returned to
Connecticut and lived with Theophilus Munson at New Haven.

I2i8 Edward Garrick Mallery.

He afterwards lived in Farmington, Conn., perhaps with his uncle,
Samuel Tuttle. He was killed by lightning while standing under
a tree on the Farmington meadows, June 23, 1735. He married,
January 23, 173S, Sarah, daughter of Nathan Stanley, of Farm-
ington. Stephen Tuttle, son of Stephen Tuttle, was born October
19, 1735, posthumous; was taken into the Stanley family, and in
1742 removed with his grandfather, Stanley, to Goshen, Conn.,
where he married, March 23, 1758, Lydia, daughter of Ebenezer
Lyman, of Torrington, Conn. He owned land in Goshen, but
removed, probably about 1773, to Palmyra, Tioga county, N. Y.,
thence to Wilkes-Barre, where he died in 1809. His wife was
a cousin of Esther, mother of Dr. Lyman Beecher. Aurelia
Tuttle, daughter of Stephen Tuttle, who was born June 29, 1764, at
Goshen, was the wife of Dr. Matthew Covell. Edward Covell,
son of Dr. Covell, was born in Wilkes-Barre May 12, 1792;
graduated from Princeton college, N. J., in 1812 ; studied medi-
cine in Philadelphia with Dr. Benjamin Rush, and practiced his
profession in this city. He was greatly loved and respected.
Married in Wilkes-Barre, May 7, 1717, Sarah S. Ross, a daugh-
ter of General William Ross. (See page 293.) Edwin M. Covell,
son of Edward Covell, M. D., graduated from Princeton college
and studied law in this city. His health failed him and he died
at Clifton Springs, N. Y., September 8, 1864. He married, June
4, 1845, Mildred S. Glassell, of Culpepper, Va., a daughter of
John Glassell.

EDWARD GARRICK MALLERY.

Edward Garrick Mallery, who was admitted to the bar of Lu-
zerne county. Pa., August 14, 1843, was a son of Garrick Mallery
and his wife, Sylvina Pierce Butler, daughter of General Lord
Butler. . (See page 335.) E. G. Mallery was born at Wilkes-
Barre, Pa., in 1824, was educated at Lafayette college, where he
was the junior orator in 1837, and read law with his father. He
practiced law in this city and at Philadelphia, Pa. He was the

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author of the following inscription on the Wyoming monument :.

Near this spot was fought,

On the afternoon of Friday, the third day of July, 1778,

The Battle of Wyoming,

In which a small band of patriotic Americans,

chiefly the undisciplined, the youthful, and the aged,

spared by ineiificiency from the distant ranks of the republic,

led by Col. Zebulon Butler and Col. Nathan Denison,

with a courage that deserved success,

boldly met, and bravely fought,

a combined British, Tory, and Indian force

of thrice their number.

Numerical superiority alone gave success to the invader,

and widespread havoc, desolation and ruin

marked his savage and bloody footsteps through the valley.

This Monument,

commemorative of these events,

and of the actors in them,

has been erected over the bones of the slain,

by their descendants and others, who gratefully appreciate

the services and sacrifices of their patriot ancestors.

Mr. Mallery was an unmarried man, and died May 27, 1852.

CHARLES PHILLIPS WALLER.

Charles Phillips Waller, who was admitted to the bar of Lu-
zerne county. Pa., August 7, 1843, was a native of Wilkes-Barre,
Pa, where he was born August 7, 18 19. He was the son of
Captain Phineas Waller, a native of Massachusetts, who moved
into the Wyoming valley in 1774 with his father's family. Cap-
tain Nathan Waller, his father, a farmer, settled in the Wyoming
valley when Phineas was a young man. The mother of C. P.
Waller was Elizabeth Jewett, a daughter of Dr. David Hibbard
Jewett, of Montville, Conn. (See page 842.) Mr. Waller spent
his youth at home and in the schools of Wilkes-Barre until he
entered Williams college in 1838, where he was a student for
two years, but owing to weakness of his eyes he was obliged to
discontinue his studies. In 1839 and 1840 he was principal of

I220 Stephen Severson Winchester.

the Bloomsburg, Pa., academy, and was the first to organize a
classical school there. He studied law with Judge Collins in
this city, and soon after his admission here he removed to Hones-
dale, Pa., where he successfully carried on his profession until
1874, when he was elected president judge of Wayne county, Pa.
He married, April 3, 1845, Harriet W., daughter of Henry W.
Stone, of Mount Pleasant, Pa.

STEPHEN SEVERSON WINCHESTER.

Stephen Severson Winchester was admitted to the Luzerne
county. Pa., bar November 6, 1843. He was a native of Balti-
more, Maryland, where he was born in October, 18 17. When he
reached his majority he came to this city and was domiciled in
the family of Thomas Myers, who at that time was sheriff of the
county. For some years he continued with Sheriff Myers, act-
ing in a clerical capacity in his office. He subsequently served
for a short time as a teacher in the old Wilkes-Barre academy.
He began his legal studies with the late Hon. Luther Kidder in
1 84 1, and shortly after removed to Tunkhannock, Pa., and com-
pleted his legal studies under the tuition of Hon. R. R. Little.
He was admitted to the bar of Wyoming county at September
term, 1843, and was shortly after appointed deputy attorney-gen-
eral of Wyoming county. Pa. He served with distinction as
Wyoming's attorney, and subsequently entered upon a very vig-
orous and promising practice at Tunkhannock. In 1846 he
purchased the Wyoming Democrat oi William Bolton, and became
its editor and publisher up to 1853, when the paper was disposed
of to W. M. Piatt and John Brisbin. In the same year he was
induced to return to Luzerne to accept the editorial manage-
ment of the Luzerne Union (since merged in the Union Leader),
which had just been started. In his editorial labors he found
congenial employment, for he was naturally a newspaper man,
and was as ready with his pen as he was with his speech in the
defense of the principles of a political faith which he clung to
until the last. It was while he was in charge of that paper that

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he was commissioned a brigadier general of the state militia,
and put in command of a military district in this section of the
commonwealth. About 1855 General Winchester entered the
political arena, having accepted the nomination of district at-
torney. His opponent was Henry M. Hoyt, whom he defeated
by a neat majority. He served the office with honor to himself
arid his party, and with true fidelity to the interests of the peo-
ple. General Winchester was a hard, earnest worker. He had
a powerful will, which enabled him to fight a malady which
would have laid many another . man aside. As a lawyer
he was keen, shrewd and intelligent; as an editor he was
ardent, honest and vigorous. In his relations with others he
was ever suave, kindly, generous and benignant. In address
he was pleasant and in manners polished. In debate he was
ever earnest, his style being bold and aggressive. He was a firm
believer in the political doctrines of Jefferson, and his position
was never mistaken. Ten years before his death General Win-
chester had amassed a comfortable fortune, but unfortunately it
was in real estate, which depreciated in value with the passage of
time, and so, in a measure, wrecked him. He passed away at a
day when a loving family could illy afford to lose him, but fol-
lowed by the heartfelt regret of relatives, associates at the bar
and friends. He married, February 26, 1857, Anna L. C. Bur-
dett, daughter of Jacob Burdett, and granddaughter of Stephen
Burdett. Mr. Winchester died June 26, 1881, leaving to survive
him his widow and two children, Martha C. Winchester, now the
wife of William E. Speakman, of Woodbury, N. J., and Byron Bur-
dett Winchester, now a young law student.

SAMUEL HODGDON.

Samuel Hodgdon, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county. Pa., November 6, 1843, was the son of Major Samuel
Hodgdon, quartermaster general and commissary general of mili-
tary stores in the continental army, and Mary Hodge, his wife.

1222 Samuel Hodgdon.

She was the granddaughter of William Hodge and Margaret, his
wife, who lived in the north of Ireland. They were the parents
of four boys and two girls, of whom two died in early childhood,
and one surviving to maturity left no record. The father died
January 4, 1723, and the mother October, 15, 1730. Soon after
the death of their mother the three remaining children — William,
Andrew and Hugh — emigrated to America and settled in Phila-
delphia, where they became successful merchants and men of
influence in the community. Andrew Hodge, the second in
order of age of the immigrant brothers, born in Ireland March
28, 171 1, was the father of Mrs. Hodgdon. He soon became a
successful merchant and acquired considerable property. His
wharf and store and city residence, in which he spent his life,,
were on Water street, to the south of what is now termed Dela-
ware avenue. His country seat was on Mead lane, now Mont-
gomery avenue, and he possessed one of the only six carriages
then in the city. He was active and influential in all the affairs
of the church and of the community, one of the founders of and
a liberal contributor to the Second church, and a member of its
board of trustees to the day of his death. In 1739 he married
Miss Jane McCulloch. Mr. and Mrs Hodge were the parents of
fifteen children, of whom Mary was the fourth daughter. Hugh
Hodge, brother of Mrs. Hodgdon, was the grandfather of Rev.
F. B. Hodge, D. D., of this city. Samuel Hodgdon, son of Sam-
uel Hodgdon and Mary Hodge, his wife, was born in Phila-
delphia, Pa., September 3, 1793. He was educated in the schools
of Philadelphia and at Rutgers college. New Brunswick, N. J.
Early in Hfe he entered into the mercantile business in Philadel-
phia. About the year 1814 he married and removed to Silver
Lake, Susquehanna county, Pa., where he undertook the man-
agement and development of his father's lands. Subsequently he
resided and carried on business as a merchant successively in
Montrose and Carbondale, Pa. After reading law and his admis-
sion to the bar he practiced in Carbondale. At the organization
of the Presbyterian church in Carbondale, June 27, 1829, he and
his wife joined the same by letters, and Mr. Hodgdon was
made a ruling elder. He also filled the same position in one of
the Presbyterian churches of his native city. He was elected

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prothonotary of Luzerne county in 1849, ^""^ held the office from
December i, 1849,10 December i, 1852. In 1853 he removed
to Scranton from Wilkes-Barre, where he had resided during the
time he held the office of prothonotary, and resumed the practice
of his profession. Failing health induced Mr. Hodgdon to return
to his native city, where he died January 17, 1865. Mr. Hodg-
don was married three times. His children by his first wife were
Samuel Hodgdon, late of Port Blanchard, and Captain James H.
Hodgdon, U. S. N., of Philadelphia, both of whom died in con-
sequence of disease contracted in the late civil war ; also Ed-
ward, Alexander H. and Thomas H. Hodgdon, all of whom died
unmarried in early manhood. By his second wife, Ann, daughter
of Captain Henry Harris, of Long Island, he had eight children,
the survivors being Mary A. Urquhart, wife of Dr. George Urqu-
hart, of Wilkes-Barre ; Hattie E. Meylert, wife of Dr. Asa P.
Meylert, of New York ; and Captain Henry C. Hodgdon, also of
New York. His third wife, Margaret Keene, of Newark, N. J.,
survived him nearly ten years, dying December 17, 1876. Mr.
Hodgdon is well remembered as an upright and honorable coun-
sellor, a wise and prudent man, and in all points the gentleman.
Timothy Pickering on leaving the army in 1785, went into busi-
ness in Philadelphia with Major Samuel Hodgdon as a commis-
sion merchant.

NATHANIEL JONES.

Nathaniel Jones was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county,
Pa., January 2, 1 844. He read law with A. T. McClintock, and
soon after his admission removed to Schuylkill county, Pa.

JAMES ROBB STRUTHERS.

James Robb Struthers, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county. Pa., August 6, 1844, was a native of Paisley, Scotland.
His grandfather, James Struthers, whose wife was Margaret Wal-

1224 Charles Bennet.

lace, and his father, Alexander Struthers, whose wife was Jean
Sim, a daughter of John Sim and Jean Robb, were also natives
of Paisley. James Struthers, the grandfather, came to this coun-
try in 1816, where he and his brother John engaged in business
as bakers in Baltimore. Alexander Struthers, the father, with his
family, removed to Baltimore in 18 18, where they continued to
reside until 1823, when they removed to Philadelphia. James R.
Struthers was born August 3, 1815, and graduated from Lafayette
college, Easton, Pa., among its first students. He then entered
the law office of James Madison Porter, at Easton, and was ad-
mitted to the Northampton county bar. He first practiced law
at Stroudsburg, and removed to Mauch Chunk in 1840, where
he became a teacher. From 1843 to 1846 he was district attor-
ney of Carbon county, and represented the same county in the
legislature of the state in 1844 and 1845, and also in 1852 and
1853. In 1849 and 1850 he was treasurer of Carbon county.
He frequently changed his locality and business, and resided at
times in Iowa, Wisconsin, and New Jersey, sometimes following
the profession of the law, sometimes publishing a newspaper, and
at other times he engaged in farming. Mr. Struthers married,
April 28, 1839, Ellen B. Tolan, a daughter of Hugh Tolan, who
was born May 24, 1788, whose wife, Hannah Tolan, was born
November 19, 1787. Mr. and Mrs. Struthers had a family of
thirteen children. Simon Cameron Struthers, of this city, is one
of his sons. James Robb Struthers died in this city May 8, 1885.

CHARLES BENNET.

Charles Bennet was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county,
Pa., April 7, 1845. He was the only son of John Bennett, who
was a son of Andrew Bennett, and grandson of Thomas Bennett,
of Kingston. (See page 361.) Charles Bennet was born in
Kingston February 28, 18 [9. He received a liberal education,
and read law with E. W. Sturdevant in this city. Preferring a
life of out-door activity, he did not devote himself entirely to the

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practice of his profession, but turned his knowledge of its prin-
ciples to good account in every day life. He commenced his
career of usefulness at a time when coal had to be utilized for fuel
in.stead of wood, which had nearly been exhausted. The mineral
wealth was to be developed ; shafts were to be sunk and breakers
built to prepare the new fuel for market ; railroads and other
ways of transportation must be started in all directions, and the
difficulties to be overcome were formidable. Men were required
to overcome these difficulties, and such a man was Charles Ben-
net, who, by his pleasant manners and address, his thorough
knowledge of human nature and his persuasive powers, enlisted
capitalists in the large cities in the enterprise. The right of way for
the various railroads was to be secured and the routes ascertained.
Mr. Bennet took hold of the work with his characteristic energy
and persistence, and success crowned his efforts. The valley
which had been well nigh isolated and inaccessible, was thrown
open, property advanced in value, and many in moderate cir-
cumstances became suddenly rich. The actors in such scenes
had need of well balanced minds, and such was Mr. Bennet's.
Not elated by prosperity nor depressed by adversity, but hopeful
in the midst of discouragement, he had the faculty of making
friends and attaching them to him. He was liberal in his ex-
penditures, generous in his benefactions, and abundant in his
hospitaUties. Mr. Bennet died August 6, 1866. His wife was
Sarah Sly, a native of Franklin, Michigan, who died in this city
June 16, 1887. Two children survive this union — Miss Martha
Bennet and Miss Sarah Bennet, of this city.

WASHINGTON LEE.

Washington Lee, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county. Pa., August 4, 1845, was a native of Hanover township,
Luzerne county, Pa., where he was born May 8, 1821. He was
the son of James Stuart Lee, who was the son of Captain An-
drew Lee. (See page 1079.) James S. Lee was born in Harris-

1226 AsHER Miner Stout.

burg in 1789, and came to Hanover with his father's family in
1804. His wife was Martha Campbell, who was a daughter of
James Campbell and his wife, Margaret Stewart. She was the
daughter of Captain Lazarus Stewart. (See page 844.) Wash-
ington Lee was educated in the public schools of his neighbor-
hood, and at Dickinson college, Carlisle, Pa., from which he
graduated in the class of 1843. He read law with Charles Deni-
son, in this city, and practiced his profession for a few years in
Wilkes-Barre. While at the bar here he was elected district at-
torney of the county. He subsequently left the bar and engaged
in business enterprises elsewhere ; first with his uncle. Colonel
Washington Lee, in the operation of coal mines at Nanticoke.
He then removed to Baltimore, and afterwards to New York,
where he died March 26, 1883. Mr. Lee married, June 29, 1846,
Emily Laura Thomas, daughter of Abraham Thomas. (Seepage
835.) Mr. and Mrs. Lee had a family of five children. They
are all married and reside elsewhere, except Charles W. Lee, who
resides in this city. His wife is Priscilla Lee Doolittle, a daugh-
ter of Dr. J. L. Doolittle, of Ballston, N. Y.

ASHER MINER STOUT.

Asher Miner Stout, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county. Pa., August 4, 1845, was a native of Bethlehem, Pa.,
where he was born in September, 1822. He was educated in
Philadelphia, and at Yale college, from which he graduated in the
class of 1842. He read law with Chester Butler, in this city,
where he practiced until his death, in April, i860. His father
was Abraham Stout, M. D., of Bethlehem, and his mother was
Anna Maria, daughter of Asher Miner. (See article headed Jos-
eph Wright Miner.) Asher Miner Stout married, January 31, 1849,
Ellen C. Gildersleeve, daughter of Rev. Cyrus Gildersleeve, born
in South Orange, N. J., son of Ezra Gildersleeve, of Orange.
(See page 721.) The mother of Mrs. Stout, wife of Rev. Cyrus
Gildersleeve, was Frances Caroline Kennedy, born and educated in

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Newbern, N. C, whose father, John Kennedy, was born and edu-
cated in the north of Ireland. Three children — John Stout,
Kennedy Stout, and Katharine H., married to Henry M. McCart-
ney, — survived Mr. Stout. Mrs. Stout resides in Spokane Falls,
Washington Territory.

JACOB WAELDER.

Jacob Waelder, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county,
Pa., August 4, 1845, was a native of Weisenheim, province of the
Rhine, Germany, where he was born May 17, 1820. His father
emigrated to this country in 1823 and settled in this state. Mr.
Waelder emigrated with his parents, and continued his studies
here until he was fifteen years of age, when he was placed in a
printing office to learn the art preservative. He continued in this
position for two years. He then received an appointment as
proof reader for the constitutional convention of Pennsylvania in
1837. In 1838 he returned to Germany, where he remained over
two years and completed his general education. In 1841 he
returned to America and established the Democratic Waechter, a
German newspaper, in this city, of which he was editor and pro-
prietor. This publication has been continued until the present,
under the proprietorship of Robert Baur. From 1855 to 1858
his brother, Charles Waelder, and Mr. Niebel were the editors
and proprietors ol \k^& Luzerne Union, a democratic newspaper, in
this city. In 1842 he began studying for the bar in the office
of L. D. Shoemaker. Shortly after he began the practice of the
law the Mexican war was engaging the attention of the country,
and he enlisted in the First Pennsylvania Volunteers, serving
through the war. He was elected second lieutenant of Company
I of that regiment. He was afterwards appointed adjutant of
battalion, then acting assistant adjutant general of the army, by
General Childs. After the war ended he returned to his practice
in this city, and was elected district attorney of Luzerne county.
He was also brigade inspector of the militia. In 1852 he removed

1228 John William Myers.

to San Antonio, Texas, on account of the failing health of his
wife. In 1855, 1857 and 1859 he was a member of the Texas
legislature. During the late civil war he was a major of the Con-
federate army, serving first as general enrolling officer, afterwards
as assistant purchasing commissary. In 1875 he was a member
of the convention which framed the present constitution of Texas,
and exerted a prominent influence in the formation of that instru-
ment, which ended his political career. After the war he returned
to this city, and subsequently removed to New York, where he
practiced one year with M. C. Riggs in Wall street. In 1868
he returned to San Antonio and entered into partnership with
Hon. C. Upson, under the firm name of Waelder & Upson. Mr.
Waelder was married twice. His first wife was Lizzie Lamb, of
this city, a daughter of the late Colonel Henry F. Lamb. One
child was the fruit of this union — Mary Louise, now the wife of
E. B. Chandler, a prominent citizen of San Antonio. His second
wife was Mrs. Ada Maverick, the widow of Louis Maverick, {nee
Ada Bradley). Mr. Waelder died at White Sulphur Springs, in
Virginia, August 28, 1887. The immediate cause of his death
was a throat affection. Eight sons and daughters survive Mr. Wael-
der. He was a prominent member of the Protestant Episcopal
church of San Antonio, and was buried according to the ritual of
that church. He was for thirty years a vestryman in the above
named church. He had a military funeral, the long cortege com-
prising a battery of artillery, three troops of cavalry, besides nu-
merous civic, beneficial and musical associations. The Beetho-
ven Maennerchor sang at the grave, and the Belknap rifles fired
a farewell salute.

JOHN WILLIAM MYERS.

John WiUiam Myers, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county. Pa., April 7, 1846, was a native of Wilkes-Barre, Pa.,
where he was born October 7, 1824. He was the son of John
Myers, and grandson of Philip Myers, whose wife was Martha
Bennett Myers. (See page 630.) His mother was Sarah Stark

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Myers, a daughter of Henry Stark, who was born April 19, 1762,
and who was driven from the valley at the time of the massacre,
but returned and became the owner of a large tract of land in
the now township of Plains, in this county. Henry Stark was
the son of James Stark, who was the son of Christopher Stark,
who removed to the Wj'oming valley in 1769. (See page 566.)
J. W. Myers was educated in this city, and at Wyoming semin-
ary, at Kingston, Pa. He read law with Charles Denison, in this
city. When the Mexican war broke out he enlisted as a private
in company I, F"irst regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, captain,
E. L. Dana. He died at Perote, Mexico, November 25, 1847.
He was a brother of Lawrence Myers, of this city.

JOHN KOONS.

John Koons, who was commissioned an associate judge of Lu-
zerne county. Pa , April 22, 1846, was a native of Monroe county,
Pa., where he was born August 23, 1795. He was the son of
Daniel Koons, who removed from near Stroudsburg, Northamp-
ton (now Monroe) county, in 18 16, to Huntington township, in
this county. John Koons removed to what is now the borough
of New Columbus, in this county, in 18 19, and soon after com-
menced to clear up the wilderness on the site of the now bor-
ough. He became one of the most prominent men in the lower
part of the county. In his early days he was largely interested
in the Nanticoke and Hughesville and the Susquehanna and
Tioga turnpikes. In 1836 he was appointed postmaster of New
Columbus, and in 1858 he became interested in the building of
the academy and normal institute at that place. He built that
portion of the Wyoming canal from Shickshinny to the Search
farm. He was a justice of the peace of the borough of New
Columbus from 1866 to 1876. He was a merchant and also a
surveyor. In 1830 the North Branch canal was completed to the
Nanticoke dam, and the first boat, named "The Wyoming," built
by John Koons at Shickshinny, was launched and towed to Nan-

1230 Peter J. Byrne.

ticoke, where she was laden with ten tons of anthracite coal, a
quantity of flour and other articles. Her destination was Phila-
delphia. The North Branch canal being new and filling slowly
with water, the "Wyoming" passed through the Nanticoke chute
and thence down the river to Northumberland, where she entered
the Susquehanna division of the Pennsylvania canal and proceed-
ed with considerable difficulty by the way of the Union and
Schuylkill canals to Philadelphia. The "Wyoming" received in
the city fifteen tons of dry goods, and commenced her return
trip ; was frozen up in the ice and snow at New Buffalo in Janu-
ary, 1 83 1. From this place her cargo was transported to Wilkes-
Barre on sleds. The voyage of the "Wyoming" was attended
with many difficulties and detentions, and embraced a period of
upwards of three months. Mr. Koons married, June 21, 1819,
Anna A. Fellows, a daughter of Abiel Fellows by his second
wife. (See page 711.) Mr. and Mrs. Koons raised six children
— Elvira, wife of Rev. J. S. Haynes ; Eveline, wife of Amos J.
Hess ; Marquis L. Koons, F. A. B. Koons, E. L. Koons, and
J. R. Koons. Judge Koons died February 13, 1878. William
Koons, who was sheriff of Luzerne county from 1847 to 1850,
and one of the commissioners of the county in 1837, 1838 and
1839, was a brother of John Koons.

PETER J. BYRNE.

Peter J. Byrne, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county,
Pa., August 3, 1846, was a native of Eniscorthy, Wexford coun-
ty, Ireland, where he was born in the year 1799, and graduated
at St. Peter's college. After coming to America he resided in
the city of New York, where he held numerous positions of trust.
He was commissioned by Governor Marcy, in the year 1835,
first lieutenant of the Eleventh regiment of artillery of that state,
and in the following year captain of the same regiment. Having
removed with his family to Silver Lake, Susquehanna county,
Pa., he was elected a justice of the peace of that township in 1840
without solicitation on his part. In 1844 he was tendered by Gov-

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ernor Porter the commission of captain in. the Montrose and
Bridgewater artillery, which he held for many years during his
residence at Montrose, as well also the position of notary pub-
lic of the commonwealth. In the year 1841 he was admitted
to the bar at Montrose before Judge Conyngham. The same
year he was appointed by Governor Shunk aid-de-camp to his
excellency, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, by which honor-
able title he was known during the remainder of his life. In the
year 1853 the Christian college, at New Albany, Indiana, con-
ferred upon him the degree of doctor of laws. He was elected
to the legislature of this state in the year i860, and also in 1861,
, and served with credit to his constituents, to himself, and to the
land of his nativity, being the first Irishman elected to the posi-
tion from Luzerne county. That being the time of the com-
mencement of the late civil war, his voice was among the first to
advocate vigorous means for its suppression. He was tendered
a commission by Governor Curtin, but old age and its infirmities
compelled him to decline. As a lawyer for many years he stood
at the head of his profession, advocating the rights of his client
with energy and zeal. As a counselor he was profound, able,
and strictly conscientious, always preferring the interests of his
client to that of his own. Although a man over seventy years
of age, he was, up to the time of his death, in the fullest enjoy-
ment of mental and bodily vigor. His education was far better
than most men of his time. His culture was proverbial, and
his urbanity and courteous demeanor won for him a distinction
in the elegances of life which few men hold. He was naturally a
gentleman, and he never allowed himself to be carried away from
his strict notions of gentility by even the most aggravating cir-
cumstance. He died at Carbondale, Luzerne (now Lackawanna)
county, June 30, 1875.

JOHN MARION ALEXANDER.

John Marion Alexander was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county. Pa., August 4, 1846. He was a native of Cortland county,
N. Y. When a young man he removed to Wayne county, Pa.,

1232 Alfred Darte.

where he taught school for a number of years. He married a
Miss Atwater, of Mount Pleasant, in that county, and had a fam-
ily of two daughters. He read law in Honesdale, Pa. In 1853
and 1854 he was clerk for the commissioners of Luzerne county.
In 1846 he settled in Providence, now a portion of the city , of
Scranton, and advertised his office "in the cave at Cottrill's
hotel." He subsequently removed to Leavenworth, Kansas.

ALFRED DARTE.

Alfred Darte, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county,
Pa., November 2, 1846, was a native of Bolton, Tolland county.
Conn., where he was born July 14, 18 10. His father was Ellas
Darte. (Sec page 130.) In 1829 Alfred Darte left his native
state and settled in Dundaff, Susquehanna county. Pa. On
December 30, 1830, he married Ann E., daughter of Dorastus
Cone. He was a teacher for a number of years, and when not
so employed built the Meredith saw mill, one of the first build-
ings erected in Carbondale. In 1844, while having a wife and
three children, he concluded to study law. As it was neces-
sary under the rules of court of Susquehanna county to
remain in a lawyer's office for one year, which he could not
afford to do with his young family, he went to the state of
Kentucky, where he passed an examination and was admit-
ted to the Supreme Court of that state. Upon the certificate
of his admission in Kentucky he was admitted to practice
in the courts of Susquehanna county. In 1845 he removed
to Carbondale, Luzerne (now Lackawanna) county, where he
practiced his profession (except during the time he was in the
arrriy and while on the bench) until his death, which occurred
August — , 1883. He ranked as colonel in the state militia
thirty years ago. On April 18, 1861, he was commissioned a
captain of company K, in the Twenty-fifth regiment, Pennsylva-
nia volunteers, and as such served in the three months regiment
that was called out at the outbreak of our late civil war. His
son, Alfred Darte; was first lieutenant in his father's company.
They were mustered out August i, 1861, and on October 30,

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1 86 1, Alfred Darte was commissioned as captain of company M,
Sixty-fourth regiment, fourth cavalry, Pennsylvania volunteers,
and served as such until December 4, 1862, when he resigned.
He was wounded at the battle of Antietam. His son, Alfred
Darte, was second lieutenant of the same company, and on his
father's resignation was commissioned captain in the company.
In 1863 Colonel Darte was sent to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas,
where he organized and commanded a regiment of Sioux Indians.
He was an abolitionist in every sense of the word. In the
early days of the late civil war he placed a musket in the hands
of his colored servant, one Henry Brown, who is now a resident
of this city, telling him that in case any one questioned his
authority to carry arms, to refer such persons to the colonel.
Many old soldiers remember Brown as the first colored man they
ever saw with a musket. Judge Darte was an active republican,
and was one of the organizers of the party in Luzerne county.
He was a delegate to the first republican convention held in the
county. He was district attorney of the mayor's court of Car-
bondale, in 1871 and 1873, and recorder of the same court in
1872 and 1874. Mr. Darte was a patriot through and through.
He was remarkable for his independence of thought and expres-
sion, and his contempt for that which people call policy. He
hated shams and cant, and liked the society of those who had
opinions and independence enough to express them. Mr. Darte
died August 13, 1883, at Carbondale. He left four children to
survive him — Mrs. James Thompson, of Carbondale ; Mrs. Wil-
liam Herring, of Detroit, Michigan ; Alfred Darte, a member
of the Luzerne county bar, who is serving his second term as
district attorney of the county ; and L. C. Darte, ex-commis-
sioner of Luzerne county.

MILTON DANA.

Milton Dana, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county,
Pa., November 6, 1846, was the great-grandson of Anderson
Dana, a lawyer from Ashford, Connecticut. (See pages 3 i and
240.) Milton Dana was born in Eaton, Luzerne (now Wyoming)

1234 Henry Metcalf.

county, Pa., February 27, 1822. He was educated in this city
and read law with George W. Woodward. He practiced in
this city, at Tunkhannock, and in the state of Texas. During
the late civil' war he was quartermaster of the One hundred and
forty-third regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, of which his
brother, Edmund L. Dana, was colonel. On May 17, 1865, he
was appointed assistant quartermaster United States volunteers,
with the rank of captain. His wife was Sarah Warren, of Frey-
burg, Maine. She was the granddaughter of Ichabod Warren,
of Berwick, Maine, and daughter of Isaiah Warren, of Denmark,
Maine. Mr. and Mrs. Dana had no children, but adopted a son,
Perceival Walker Dana. Milton Dana died at Conway, New
Hampshire, February 18, 1886.

ELLIOTT SMITH MILLER HILL.

Elliott Smith Miller Hill, who was admitted to the bar of Lu-
zerne county. Pa., August 3, 1847, was a native of Carmel, Put-
nam county, N. Y., where he was born December 20, 1822. He
was educated in his native village, and subsequently removed to
where Scranton is now located, and there read law with David
R. Randall. He married, about 1846, Lucy Newbury, and left
several children surviving him. Mr. Hill died in 1874. He
established, in i860, the Luzerne Legal Observer, which he pub-
lished for nearly four years. He also established, about 1865,
the Scranton Daily Register and Scranton Register, which were
discontinued in 1868. In 1866 he became the first mayor of
Scranton, which office he held for three years. His father was
Noah Hill, and his maternal grandfather was Benjamin Miller.

HENRY METCALF.

Henry Metcalf, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county,
Pa., August 3, 1847, was a native of Yorkshire, p:ngland, where
he was born August 24, 1821. He was a son of Richard Met-

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calf and Mary Metcalf, (nee Harper). Mr. Metcalf was educated
at Dana's academy, in this city, and at Yale college. He read law
with Andrew T. McClintock, of Wilkes-Barre, and after his ad-
mission here practiced in the counties of Luzerne, Sullivan, and
Wyoming. He was elected district attorney of Sullivan county
and served several terms. During the late civil war he was a major
of the Fifty-eighth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers. Mr. Metcalf
married, November 14, 1848, Sarah A. Dana. She is the daughter
of Asa S. Dana and his wife Ann Pruner, and a sister of the late
General E. L. Dana, of the Luzerne bar. (For further particulars
concerning the Dana family see page 31). Mr. and Mrs. Metcalf
had a family of three children— Mary G. Metcalf, Henry F.
Metcalf, .and Emma H. Metcalf Mary G. was married, June 4,
1874, to Bradley W. Lewis, of the Wyoming county bar. Mr.
Metcalf died December 23, 1864.

ELISHA BOANERGES HARVEY.

Elisha Boanerges Harvey was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county, Pa., November 4, 1847. (For a sketch of his life see page
508).

DAVID RICHARDSON RANDALL.

David Richardson Randall, who was admitted to the bar of
Luzerne county. Pa, November 4, 1847, was a native of Rich-
mond, Cheshire county, N. H., where he was born August 21,
1 818. He was the son of Joseph Randall, who was born in Che-
shire county in 1796, and the grandson of Levi Randall, who
was born in the same county December 22, 1761. Joseph Ran-
dall was a farmer, and removed to McDonough, Chenango
county, N. Y., when David was about six years old. Some years
after his father died, leaving him the oldest child and only son of
a family of eight children, and but little property. Yourtg Ran-
dall thus found himself at the age of fifteen the head of a family

1236 David Richardson Randall.

who looked to him for support and protection, with nothing to
assist him in the struggle of life but his own indomitable deter-
mination, fortitude, and perseverance of character, guided by the
affectionate counsel of a devoted mother, and the kind hand of a
beneficent providence. Left thus with seven sisters, he struggled
on to support the family and educate himself Daylight found
him at his work on the farms of the neighborhood, or any other
labor that he could find to do that was honorable, and the night
time found him at his books by the light of pine fagots. In this
way he educated himself and supported a widowed mother and his
sisters till he arrived at the age and acquired the necessary educa-
tion to enable him to become a teacher, he having passed a most
flattering graduation from Oxford (N. Y.) academy, at that time one
of the most thorough and popular institutions of learning in the
state. As a teacher he labored with the same energy that had
characterized him from early boyhood, and at the age of twenty-
six he was elected superintendent of common schools for the
county of Chenango. His rare fitness for the position and em-
inent usefulness in it was universally conceded. Indeed, in later
years, while in the practice of his chosen profession, he gave
some of his best thoughts and efforts to promote the cause of
popular education. His labors in behalf of the common schools
in Luzerne county will ever be gratefully remembered by our
people. Devoting his time and efforts to the cause of education
in this capacity for two years, he then concluded to enter upon the
study of the law. He accordingly entered his name as a student
in the office of Ransom Balcomb, later one of the judges of the
Supreme Court of the state of New York. This was in 1843,
and he continued to read law with Judge Balcomb until 1 846, being
pbHged, however, to devote much time to teaching to support the
family. Judge Balcomb became so much interested in his student
that he frequently visited him at his home, after young Randall
had settled in this county. In 1846 Mr. Randall left his home
and went to Hyde Park, now a portion of the city of Scranton,
in this county, commencing there to build up his fortune by teach-
ing, and soon afterwards entered his name as a law student with
Charles H. Silkman, Esq., of Providence, also a portion of the
city of Scranton. There, as in the state of New York, he was

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obliged to teach daytimes and study nights, for there was ever
before him the dependence of his mother and sisters. Struggling
along with persistent energy, he was admitted to the bar of Lu-
zerne county, as we have already stated, on November 4, 1847.
He opened an office at Providence, and soon his studious habits,
frank manners, and ready business tact brought him clients, the
number of whom increased up to the time of his sickness.

Mr. Randall had all his life been a steady, consistent and thor-
ough democrat, and in the fall of i860 he was nominated as a
candidate for congress by the democracy of the Twelfth congres-
sional district of Pennsylvania, composed of the counties of Lu-
zerne, Wyoming, Columbia, and Montour. His opponent was
Hon. George W. Scranton, the strongest man by all odds in his
party, and who defeated Mr. Randall by a majority of six hun-
dred and ninety-five in the district. It the town of Providence
Mr. Randall had a majority of twenty-four, where Colonel Scran-
ton had two years before received a majority of eighty -two, and
a majority of three thousand, nine hundred and eighty in the dis-
trict. Upon the death of E. B. Chase, the district attorney of
Luzerne county, Mr. Randall was appointed on February 18,
1864, by Judge Conyngham, district attorney of the county until
the next annual election. When the democratic convention met
in the fall of the same year he was unanimously nominated as the
candidate for district attorney. So great was his popularity as a
lawyer among the people with whom he had spent so many years
of his life that he received a majority of fifty-three votes in the
town of Providence, and this was at a time during the war when
party spirit was running rampant, and his town at that time gave
a majority of seventy-three votes to the republican candidate for
congress. Mr. Randall was triumpantly elected district attorney
by a majority of two thousand, two hundred and thirty-five in
the county. This was the last time Mr. Randall ever suffered
his name to go before the people as a candidate for office. Upon
the incorporation of the city of Wilkes-Barre in 1871, Mr. Ran-
dall was appointed chief assessor of the city by Garrick M.
Harding, a republican judge, upon the unanimous recommenda-
tion of the members of the city council and the commissioners
of the county. He so faithfully performed the duties of this

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office that upon the expiration of his term in 1874 he was re-
appointed, and continued to perform the duties of his office up
to the time of his death.

Mr. Randall was twice married. On August 25, 1849, to
Mary Child, by whom he had four children, none of whom are
now living. She died February 7, 1855. On March 5, 1856, he
married Elizabeth S. Emerson, of McDonough, N. Y., who still
survives him. She is the great-granddaughter of Thomas Emer-
son, granddaughter of Samuel Emerson, and daughter of Moses
Sargent Emerson, all of whom were born in New Hampshire.
Mr. Randall died August 31, 1875, leaving six children to sur-
vive him. The qualities of the deceased endeared him to his
friends and commanded the respect of all who knew him. He
was a true friend and generous foe. Bluff, hearty, and outspoken
in his dealings with his fellows, he went in and out among them
through the years of his busy, useful life honored and beloved,
and left to his children the priceless legacy of an unstained
name.

GEORGE BYRON NICHOLSON.

George Byron Nicholson was admitted to the bar of Lu?erne'
county. Pa., November 10, 1848. He was a native of Salem,
Wayne county. Pa., where he was born May 31, 1826. He was
a son of Zenas Nicholson and his wife Nancy Goodrich, daugh-
ter of Seth Goodrich. (See pages 123 and 539.) His wife was
Mary A. Stone. Mr. Nicholson died in this city February 12,
1873. He left two daughters to survive him — Mary Emma Nich-
olson, now the wife of Ernest Jackson, and Ruth Nicholson.

JOHN BUTLER CONYNGHAM.

John Butler Conyngham was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county, Pa., August 6, 1849. He was a son of John N. Conyng-
ham, and was born in this city September 29, 1827. In 1842,
when not quite fifteen years of age, he entered Yale college. As

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a student he stood well and took several honors. In 1844 he,
with fourteen of his class mates, started a Greek letter fraternity.
Those fifteen members of the class of 1846 builded better than
they knew when they founded the brotherhood to which good
fellowship has ever been a passport not less requisite than learn-
ing. To-day the fraternity has chapters in twenty-nine of the
leading colleges of the United States, and stands at the head of
the Greek letter college societies. Graduating from college in
the summer of 1846, Mr. Conyngham returned to Wilkes-Barre
and immediately began the study of the law in the office of A.
T. McClintock. In 1852 he established himself at St. Louis,
Missouri, as a lawyer, and remained there with great credit to
himself until 1856, when he returned to Wilkes-Barre. Upon
the breaking out of the late civil war he enlisted in Captain William
Brisbane's company, of Wilkes-Barre, for the three months' ser-
vice. This company became C company of the Eighth Pennsyl-
vania Regiment, and Mr. Conyngham was elected and served as
its second lieutenant. When the Fifty-second Regiment Pennsyl-
vania Volunteers, for three years' service, was organized in the fall
of 1 86 1, Lieutenant Conyngham was made major of the regi-
ment. On January 9, 1864, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel,
and soon after his regiment was ordered to South Carolina. During
the attack on Fort Johnson, before Charleston, July 4, 1 864, he was
taken prisoner and confined first in Charleston and then in Colum-
bus, Georgia. After his release he was, on June 3, 1865, pro-
moted to the colonelcy of his regiment. At the close of the war
Colonel Conyngham was honorably mustered out of the service,
and returned to Wilkes-Barre. On March 7, 1867, he was
appointed captain in the Thirty-eighth United States Infantry,
and in November, 1869, he was transferred to the Twenty-fourth
United States Infantry. In 1871 he was brevetted lieutenant
colonel for gallant services in the field. Mr. Conyngham was an
unmarried man. He died at Wilkes-Barre May 27, i88(. (See
pages 203 and 1 1 14.)

I240 WiNTHROP Welles Ketcham.

WINTHROP WELLES KETCHAM.

Winthrop Welles Ketcham, who was admitted to the bar of
Luzerne county, Pa., January 8, 1850, was a native of Wilkes-
Barre, Pa., where he was born June 29, 1 820. He was the grandson
of Daniel Ketcham and his wife Alice Holmes, who were mar-
ried March 28, 1771. His father was Lewis Nesbet Ketcham,
who was born in Philadelphia February 3, 179S, and his wife
Deborah Eldridge, who was born in the same city November 20,
1800. They were married April 17, 1819. Lewis N. Ketcham
was a painter and cabinet maker. At an early age Winthrop
assisted his father and painted many buildings in this city, and
also a number of the lock houses along the canal. As a boy he
was always hard working and industrious, and seemed to under-
stand that he had his own way to make in the world. He deter-
mined to obtain an education, and attended school whenever oppor-
tunity offered. As an instance of his energy and perseverance,
it is said that when at work painting he would carry his books
with him and learn his lessons during the noon-day hour.
In 1844, when the Wyoming Seminary, at Kingston, was first
opened, he secured the position of a teacher under the late Rev.
Reuben Nelson, D. D. He devoted himself to study and his
duties as teacher until 1847. After leaving the seminary Mr.
Ketcham studied law in the offices of Lazarus D. Shoemaker
and the late Charles Denison. On September 15, 1847, while
yet a teacher in Kingston, he married Sarah Urquhart, a daugh-
ter of John Urquhart, of this city, and a native of Readington,
Hunterdon county. New Jersey. His father, George Urquhart,
was born in Scotland January 17, 1767, and came to America in
1786. He was for nearly his whole lifetime a school teacher.
Two children were born to Mrs. Ketcham — Ellen U., who died in
Pittsburg, and John Marshall Ketcham. In 1848 Mr. Ketcham went
to Philadelphia and became a teacher in Girard College, of which
institution Joel Jones was then president. Here he remained
until the latter part of 1849, constantly studying and fitting him-;
self for the career that lay before him, and then returned to

WiNTHROP Welles Ketcham. 1241

Wilkes-Barre and soon thereafter was admitted to the bar. To
his new profession he brought all the energy and zeal which had
always characterized him, and rapidly rose into popularity. His
first public office was that of prothonotary of Luzerne county,
to which he was elected in 1855. This he held during the term
of three years. In 1858 he was elected a member of the house
of representatives and served one year. In 1859 he was chosen
state senator for three years. President Lincoln appointed him
solicitor of the United States court of claims in 1864, and he
removed to Washington. In the fall of 1866 Mr. Ketcham
resigned this office, as he was not in accord politically with Pres-
ident Johnson. Mr. Ketcham became a republican when that
party was first organized, having been a whig prior to that time.
He was a delegate to the Chicago convention of i860 which
nominated Mr. Lincoln, and a delegate at large to the Baltimore
convention of 1864, when Mr. Lincoln was re-nominated. In 1868
he was a presidential elector from this state and cast his vote for
General Grant. In 1866, 1869, and 1872 he received flattering
votes in the republican state convention for governor. He was
elected to congress from this district over Hendrick B. Wright
in 1874. Before Mr. Ketcham's term in congress had expired
he was appointed judge of the United States circuit court for the
western district of Pennsylvania, and retained that high position
until his death. President Lincoln, in 1863, appointed Mr.
Ketcham to the position of chief justice of the territory of Ne-
braska, but, although pressed to accept that high position, he
declined. In 1867, when the act was passed authorizing an addi-
tional law judge for this district, Mr. Ketcham was appointed the
judge by Governor Geary. This office he also declined. Mr.
Ketcham died December 6; 1879. At his funeral Rev. W. H, Olin,
D. D., of the Methodist Episcopal church, spoke thus of Mr.
Ketcham : " He was a notable example of successful endeavor as
a self made man. He demonstrated the fact that a poor young
man may lay hold on the possibilities of life and win ; that no
position was too high but integrity and fidelity may attain it.
He was always an attentive, respectful, and candid hearer of
the preached word. He had a broadness of soul that respected
truth wherever found. He leaves his work, worth, and example

1242 Edmund Taylor.

as things to be proud of. He was a grand specimen of an Amer-
ican citizen. His sympathy for young men struggling for suc-
cess was remarkable. There was nothing selfish in him, no
jealousy lest another might surpass him. He desired to bring
all up to his standard. It is a privilege to mourn for such a man
— like Caesar — whose good deeds done the state Marc Antony
emblazoned— he has given the state so much of worth that its
people -love him. His example is one to be followed and his
death, like his life, is an example to all. His self denial, intense
labor, integrity, judicial fairness and impartiality commend him
for imitation. Out of these came a successful life, a triumphant
death, and a blessed hereafter." Mrs. Ketcham and her son, J.
M. Ketcham, reside in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

EDMUND TAYLOR.

Edmund Taylor, who was commissioned an associate judge of
Luzerne county, Pa., January 15, 1850, was a native of Allyng-
ford, in the county of Herefordshire, England, where he was
born August 4, 1804. He was the youngest of the fourteen
children of his father, John Taylor, and was the twelfth son,
He emigrated to this country with his father's family in 1818,
and located in this city the same year, where he remained until
his death, February 8, i88r. He was married, December 28,
1828, by Rev. Samuel Carver, to Mary Ann, daughter of El-
nathan Wilson, who was the son of Uriah Wilson, who resided
near New London, Connecticut. The Wilson family at one time
owned a great part of the land upon which New London now
stands. The day Elnathan Wilson was sixteen years of age he
enlisted in the continental army. A few days after a sergeant's
squad of twelve men, of whom he was one, were detailed to
guard a cross-roads where stood an old school house, in which
the sergeant and his men took up their night's quarters. After
stationing one of the number at the corner of the roads to look
out for any straggling enemy that might happen to pass that

Edmund Taylor. 1243

way, the rest of the squad had the hard floor to sleep on. El-
nathan had not yet got hardened to that kind of bed, he was rest-
less and could not sleep, so he got up just before daybreak and
told the sentinel that he would relieve him, for he could not sleep
on the soft side of a board. The sentinel gave him his old mus-
ket that would not go off, or if it did would not hit a barn door
five rods off, and went into the school house. He had not stood
long at his post when he heard the clatter of horses' feet, and
soon discovered a horseman coming towards him. When he
came up within a few rods it was just light enough to see that
the rider, who was jogging slowly along, had on the uniform of
a British officer, who seemed to be more asleep than awake. Mr.
Wilson stood behind a post and the officer did not see him till
he sprang right before the horse, grabbed the bridle rein, and
shouted to the astonished redcoat to halt, dismount, and surren-
der or he would blow him through, and then pulled the officer
off his horse. The men in the school house rushed out and
escorted their prisoner into their quarters. Mr. Wilson was very
proud of his first success in war. The horse and trappings were
valued at one hundred and eighty dollars, which, according to
usage, belonged to him, but he never received a penny. The
prisoner in a few hours made his escape, probably by the con-
nivance of some of the men,' who might have been tories and
willing to take any fee the officer might give for permission to
escape. In 1787 Elnathan Wilson left his native state and
removed to Stroudsburg, Pa., where he remained four or five
years, and then removed to Forty Fort. He employed himself
at any kind of labor that presented a chance of making money,
and always had something to do. In those primitive times the
village of Wilkes-Barre had no better way of getting their salt,
sugar, molasses, and such heavy articles of household use than
to send down the river by boats to pick up their supplies from
the lower river towns. They had a kind of craft called Durham
boats, long, slim, low boats, with running planks on each side
from stem to stern, for the boats were propelled by three or four
polemen on each side, walking backward and forward the whole
length of the boat, with the ends of their long ash poles against
their shoulders, pushing in a bent position with all their might

1244 Edmund Taylor.

when loaded and coming up the river in swift water. At the
stern of the boat was a long oar for steering and keeping the
boat steady while the polemen were walking up and down. The
steerman was the captain and a man of no little consequence.
He had a trumpet or horn — a loud sounding affair that sent its
musical notes from hill to hill as he approached the towns along
the river. At the sound of the boat horn all the boys and girls
within hearing would rush to the river shore, for the sight of a
Durham boat' was as exciting to the juvenile of that day as
Barnum's circus would be now. Mr. Wilson for a time had an
interest in one of these boats, and went with it as captain. About
the time Mr. Wilson was engaged in the boating business a fam-
ily by the name of Baker removed from Connecticut and settled
in Forty Fort, near where Mr. Wilson lived. Stephen Baker and
his wife were members of the first Methodist class in Wyoming,
at Ross Hill. In Doctor Peck's "Early Methodism" he says :
"On December 2 (1793), Mr. Colbert is at Stephen Baker's, in
Kingston, where he preached, and Brother Turck formed four
bands. Baker lived on the old road between Forty Fort and
Wilkes-Barre, on what is now called the Church place. This
was thenceforth a place of resort and rest for the preachers, and
frequently a preaching place." Mrs. Baker soon after was killed
by lightning while sitting in her house on the side of her bed.
Elizabeth Baker, daughter of Stephen Baker, and Elnathan Wil-
son were married in May, 1798, by Rev. Anning Owen, the first
Methodist preacher at Wyoming. She was but fifteen years of
age at the time. Mrs. Baker was a sister of the celebrated
American traveler, John Ledyard, who sailed around the world
with Captain Cook, and was on the shore with Cook when he
was killed by the savages of the Sandwich Islands. He died in
Cairo, Egypt, while on another trip around the world. In 181 1
Mr. Wilson leased the old ferry house, about five acres of land
and the ferry with its equipments of flats and skiffs, for one hun-
dred dollars per year. He took in the first year three thousand
dollars, besides his living. He often took in thirty and forty
dollars a day in summer time. He also kept a hotel. The
trouble brewing between Great Britain and this country, that
resulted in the war of 1812, caused thousands of families of the

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Yankee states to move to the far west, which by the way is not
the far west of our day. The great bulk df immigration was to
what was then called "The Holland Purchase," a large piece of
good land in the western part of the state of New York that had
been bought many years before by a company of Hollanders
who now offered it for sale at a low price to settlers. Thousands
took advantage of this offer, traveling mostly by the route that
led them to cross the Susquehanna river at Wilkes-Barre. Mr.
Wilson also had the ferry in 1812, and took in an additional
three thousand dollars. At the end of this time travel began to
decrease, and Mr. Wilson gave up the ferry. He then built a
store house and dwelling in Kingston and commenced the mer-
cantile business. Trade was brisk and profits large. .The price
pf goods began rapidly to decline after the treaty of peace in
1815, and Mr. Wilson disposed of his goods for lumber and car-
penter work and built a large hotel in Kingston. Three-fourths
of those in the mercantile business in the valley failed. Mr. Wil-
son sold his dwelling and store house to Gilbert Lewis and moved
into the hotel, which was the largest building in Kingston. He
also built another two-story house and boarded the hands who
built the large stone house of James Barnes, which is still stand-
ing across the street a hundred feet below the hotel which Mr.
Wilson kept. He kept the hotel for several years. Napthali
Hurlbut also kept a hotel in Kingston at the same time. The
Wilson house for years was the home of the itinerant Methodist
preachers. Rev. Benjamin Bidlack, Rev. George Lane, Rev.
Marmaduke Pearce, Rev. George Peck, and a score of others
liked, in their travels round their circuits, to stop with brother
and sister Wilson. He afterwards sold his hotel and other real
estate in Kingston and moved to the Wilkes-Barre bridge house,
where he lived until his death. Mr. Wilson was born February
23, 1762, and died in March, 1837. His wife, Elizabeth Baker,
was born December 19, 1782, and died October 10, 1840. Their
daughter, Mary, the wife of Judge Taylor, was born August 1 1,
1804, and died May, 1883. Judge Taylor in early life connected
himself with the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he was a
class leader. In 1838 he joined the Presbyterian church and
continued in that communion until his death. He learned the

1246 Joseph Wright Miner.

saddlers' trade with his brother, Arnold Taylor, in Kingston,
and he carried on that business in this city from 1828 up to with-
in a few years of his death. Judge Taylor was treasurer of Lu-
zerne county from November, 1857, to 1859. He left to survive
him five children — Thomas Taylor ; Elizabeth, wife of E. H.
Chase of this city; John Taylor; Bethlehem, Pa.; Edmund
Taylor, New York ; and Mary A. White, wife of Samuel White,
Lawrence, Massachusetts.

ANGELO JACKSON.

Angelo .Jackson was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county,
Pa., April i, 1850. (For a sketch of his life see page 538.)

JOSEPH WRIGHT MINER.

Joseph Wright Miner was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county, Pa., August 5, 1850. "Edward III, in going to make war
against the French, took a progress through Somersett, and coming
to Mendippi colles minerari Mendippi Hills, in Somersett, where
lived one Henry Miner his name being taken rather a denominatione
lo ci et ab officio, who with all carefullness and loyaltie, having con-
vened all his domesticall and meniall servants, armed with battle
axes, profered himself and them to his master's services, making a
compleat hundred. Wherefore he had his coat armoriall gules,
signifying miner, red another demonstration of the original of the
surname a fesse (id est cingulum militaire, because obtained by valor,)
betwixt three plates argent, another demonstration of the arms,
for there could be no plates without mines." Henry died in
1359. He had a son William, who had a son Thomas, who
married in 1399, who had a son Lodowick, died in 1480, who had
a son Thomas, born in 1 436, who had a son William, who had a son
William, died in 1585, who had a son Clement, died in 1640, who
was the father of Thomas. He was evidently a man of note and
influence. Thomas Miner was born in England in 1608, and came
to Connecticut in 1643. He had a son Clement, born in 1640, died

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1700, who had a son Clement, born 1663, died 1747, who had a son
Hugh, born 1710, died 1753, who had a son Seth Miner, born 1742,
of Norwich, Conn. He was a commissioned oiificer in the militia, a
zealous whig, and at the first alarm hastened to Boston with jour-
neyhien and apprentices. A man of strong mind and ardent
feelings, he entered upon the expedition with zeal, and he used to
tell of attending General Jedediah Huntington when visiting the
outposts on Dorchester Heights in the early morning when the
enemy from the town opened fire from their cannon and several
times covered them with earth thrown up by the balls. As a
member of the Connecticut-Delaware Land Company, Seth Mi-
ner had a claim in the territory so long in dispute between the
proprietaries of Pennsylvania and the colony and state of Con-
necticut under the charter of King Charles H, and his son,
Charles Miner, was deputed to come out to the Susquehanna to
look after his interests there. Charles Miner was the father of
William Penn Miner, of the Luzerne bar. (See page 42.) The
wife of Seth Miner was Anna Charlton. Asher Miner, son of
Seth Miner, was born in Norwich, Conn., March 3, 1778. He
served an apprenticeship of seven years in the office of the
Gazette and Commercial Intelligencer, at New London, Conn., and
afterwards worked as a journeyman a year in New York. In 1799
his brother, Charles Miner, who had already pitched his fortunes
on the semi-savage frontier qf Wyoming, wrote to him, " Come
out here and I will set you up," without having a dollar to make
good his promise. Nevertheless, Asher Miner migrated to the
Susquehanna. In 1795 two young men came to Wilkes-Barre
from Philadelphia with a small press and a few cases of type.
They printed the Herald of the Times, the first newspaper pub-
lished in the county. It was issued for a short time and was then
sold to Thomas Wright, and published by Josiah Wright under
the name of the Wilkes-Barre Gazette. -The first number was
datpd November 29, 1797. In 1801 it ceased to be published.
Asher Miner worked in the office of the Gazette, and in a short
time afterward established the Lnzerne County Federalist in this
city, the first number being issued January 5, 1801. In April,
1802, he took his brother Charles into copartnership, which con-
tinued until May, 1804, when Asher relinquished his interest to

1248 Joseph Wright Miner.

Charles. The press on which the Federalist was printed was
brought from Norwich on a sled. In severing his connection
with the Federalist an invitation was given to exchanges to send
copies to him at Doyles-Town, Pennsylvania, where he had
already resolved to establish a newspaper. He went immediately
to Doylestown, where he found (what is now a beautiful town of
twenty-five hundred inhabitants) a cross-road hamlet with less
than a dozen dwellings along the Easton road and the road from
Swede's ford to Coryell's ferry, now State street. The first issue
of the new paper, Pennsylvania Correspondent and Farmers' Adver-
tiser, which afterwards became the Bucks County Intelligencer,
appeared July 7, 1804. Mr. Miner said, in his address to the
public : "The editor is by birth an American, in principles a federal
republican. His private sentiments with regard to the adminis-
tration of the government of his country, he will maintain and
avow as becomes a freeman. In his public character as conductor
of the only newspaper printed in the county he will act with that
impartiality which prudence and duty require." It was a small
medium sheet, and the appearance of the paper created quite a
sensation. The first issue was largely given away. It was left
at a few points in the central part of the county by carriers,
and subscribers were charged twenty-five cents additional for
delivering their papers. The aforesaid newspaper proved a
success, and its founder remained in charge of it twenty-one
years. Prosperity authorized the enlargement of the paper, in
July, 1806, from a medium to a royal sheet. On September
22, 1806, Asher Miner announced that he intended to issue a
prospectus for a monthly magazine, literary, moral and agricul-
tural, which probably was never published. For several years
the advertising was light, but there was a notable increase be-
tween 1815 and 1820. In 1816, when preparations were making
to commence the publication of the Doylestown Democrat, Mr.
Miner protested against it in an address to the public, which he
thought "may not be ill-timed," on the ground that the parties
were nearly equally divided and a party paper was not needed.
In the spring of 18 16 Mr. Miner contemplated publishing a
"monthly literary and agricultural register," to be called the
Olive Branch, and sent out his subscription papers, but as they

Joseph Wright Miner. 1249

were not returned with enough names to warrant it, the project
was given up. In April, 18 17, he opened a branch office at New-
town in charge of Simon Siegfried. He proposed to issue from
that office a weekly paper, to be called The Star of Freedom, to be
devoted principally to "agricultural, biographical, literary and
moral matters." The first number appeared May 21, 18 17. This
was a movement to keep competition out of the county. A
printer at Newtown had a pamphlet in press for the Friends, but
being intemperate, he failed to meet his contract, and gave up
business. Miner sent Siegfried, an apprentice in his office, down
to finish the work. This led to the purchase of the materials and
the establishment of a paper there. The size was eighteen by
eleven and a half inches, and consisted of eight pages. It was
published weekly, "at %2 per annum if taken from the office, or
;^2.25 if delivered by post." It contained little news and but few
advertisements. The publication was suspended April 7, 1818.
Mr. Miner was postmaster of Doylestown several years, and kept
the office at the printing office, and he had also a small book
store, where he kept various articles for sale besides, and among
them physic in the shape of "antiseptic pills," which he retailed.
He gave up the post office in March, 1821. In 181 8 the name
of the paper was changed to Pennsylvania Correspondent, making
one line reaching entirely across the head. On September 24,
1824, after an active editorial life of twenty years, Mr. Miner sold
the Correspondent to Edward Morris and Samuel R. Kramer, of
Philadelphia. The sale was hardly concluded before he repented
and begged to have it annulled, but did not succeed. Mr. Miner
removed from Doylestown to West Chester, Pa., and formed a
partnership with his brother Charles in the publication of the
Village Record. In 1834 they sold out to the late Henry S.
Evans, when the brothers returned to Wilkes-Barre, where Asher
Miner died March 13, 1841. He was a devout christian and a
member of the Presbyterian church. Asher Miner was an able
writer and besides a prominent business man. He had the fac-
ulty of making friends, and when once made they were retained.
The wife of Asher Miner, whom he married May 19, 1800,
was Mary Wright, a daughter of Thomas Wright, born in county
Down, Ireland, in 1747, a wealthy merchant and land owner of

1250 Joseph Wright Miner.

Wilkes-Barre. Thomas Wright was a good-looking young Irish-
man, who, landing at Philadelphia about 1763, was soon in charge
of a school at Dyerstown, two miles north of Doylestown. Se-
curing a home in the family of Josiah Dyer, he taught the rudi-
ments of English to the children of the neighborhood and love
to Mary, the daughter of his host. One' day they slipped off to
Philadelphia and were married, which relieved the case of a deal
of difficulty, for in that day Friends could not consent to the
marriage of their daughters out of meeting. Mr. Wright in a few
years removed to Wilkes-Barre, and became the founder of
Wrightsville, now the borough of Miner's Mills. He built a mill
there in 1795, which has been in the possession of his descend-
ants since — 2, Asher Miner; 3, Robert Miner; 4, C. A. Miner;
5, Asher Miner — five generations. In 1795, 1796, 1800 and 1801
Thomas Wright was one of the commissioners of Luzerne county,
and was one at the time the early court house and jail was erected.
The following is a copy of the marriage certificate of Asher
Miner and Mary Wright. The original is in the possession of
Hon. Charles A. Miner, their grandson. General William Ross,
who performed the marriage ceremony was a justice of the peace
in this city, and was the grandfather of Mrs. Charles A. Miner.

"This may certify that Asher Miner and Mary Wright, both

of Wilkes-Barre, having the consent of friends and no objections

appearing, were joined in marriage, each to the other, before me,

on the nineteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred. ■

Witness my hand and seal.

WM. ROSS, [L. S.]
In presence of the undersigned witnesses.

Thomas Wright, Mary Wright,

Joseph Wright, Josiah Wright,

William Wright, Thomas Wright, Jr.,

Lord Butler, William Caldwell,

RoswELL Wells, Benjamin Drake,

Luther Wright, Hannah Weill,

Eliza Ross, Sarah Wright,

Anna Wright.
In confirmation whereof they have hereunto set their hands,
she, according to the custom of marriage, assuming the name of
her husband.

ASHER MINER,
MARY MINER."

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Mr. and Mrs. Miner had a family of thirteen children. His
eldest son was the late Thomas Wright Miner, M. D., of this city.
His next eldest son, Robert Miner, was the father of Hon. Charles
A. Miner, of this city. His twelfth child was Joseph W. Miner,
who became a member of the Luzerne bar. J. W. Miner was
born at Doylestown January 29, 1825, and was the son of Asher
Miner. He read law with Harrison Wright, in this city. During
the Mexican war he was a member of Company I, First Regi-
ment Pennsylvania Volunteers, going as fourth sergeant and
returning as first lieutenant. In 1853, in connection with his
cousin, William P. Miner, he established the Record of the Times
newspaper. Mr. Miner was an unmarried man, and died in Plains
township February 5, 1859.

Robert Miner, a brother of J. W. Miner, was the third child
and second son of Asher Miner, and was born in Doylestown
August 8, 1805. At the age of fourteen years his father had so
much confidence in his ability, which was inspired by his un-
common seriousness and stability of character, that he sent him
■ to Wilkes- Barre to take charge of his agricultural, milling and
mining interests in the Wyoming valley. During the following
year, while visiting a camp meeting near Kingston, the opportu-
nity his serious and religious nature longed for presented itself,
and he joined the Methodist Episcopal church. Doctor Peck, in
his History of Early Methodism, says : " Robert Miner, son of
Asher Miner, Esq., was a beautiful little boy when he was con-
verted and united with the church ; but even then he had about
him the gravity and the dignity of mature years. He was a de-
voted and consistent christian, and for years class leader and
steward in the Wilkes-Barre charge. He died in great triumph
in the prime of life, and was universally lamented. He was one
of the few of whom no one ever said anything but good." He
married, January 3, 1826, Eliza Abbott, a daughter of Stephen
Abbott, of Wilkes-Barre (now Plains) township. Charles Miner,
in his Hazleton Travellers, has the following in regard to the
Abbott family :

"On the other side of the river, opposite Forty Fort, lives Ste-
phen Abbott, a respectable and independent farmer. His father,
John Abbott, was an early settler in Wyoming. There was one

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cannon, a four-pounder, in the Wilkes-Barre fort, and it had been
agreed upon that, when certain information came that the enemy
was dangerously near, the gun should be fired as a signal. At
work on the flats, with his son, a lad eight or nine years old, he
heard the terrific sound come booming up. Where, or how near the
enemy might be, of course he could not tell; but loosening the
oxen from the cart, he hastened to the rendezvous. He was in
the battle, and fought side by side with his fellows to defend their
homes. It makes my heart bleed. to recur, as in these sketches
I am obliged to do so often, to the retreat of our people. Again
and again I aver there was no dishonor in it. I do not believe a
braver or more devoted set of .men ever marched forth to battle ;
but remember, a great part of the fighting men, those fit for war,
raised for the defence of Wyoming, were away, defending the
country, to be sure — fighting in the thrice glorious cause of inde-
pendence, most certainly — but leaving their own homes wholly
exposed, so that our little army was made up of such of the set-
tlement as were left, who could carry a gun, however unfit to
meet the practiced and warlike savage, and the well trained
rangers of the British Butler. Mr. Abott took his place in the
ranks. He had a wife and nine children (the eldest boy being
only eleven) depending on his protection, labor and care. If a
man so circumstanced had offered his services to Washington,
the general would have said, 'My friend, I admire your spirit and
patriotism, but your family cannot dispense with your services
without suffering — your duty to them is too imperious to per-
mit you to leave them, even to serve your country.' Such
would have been the words of truth and soberness. But the
emergency allowed no exemption. In the retreat Mr. Abbott fled
to the river at Monocasy Island, waded over to the main branch ,
and, not being able to swim, was aided by a friend and escaped:
In the expulsion which followed, taking his family he went down
the Susquehanna as far as Sunbury. What could he do ? Home,
harvest, cattle — all hopes of provision for present and future use
were at Wyoming. Like a brave man who meets danger and
struggles to overcome it — like a faithful husband and fond father
— he looked on his dependent family and made his resolve. Mr.
Abbott returned in hopes of securing a part of his excellent har-

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vest which he had left ripening in his fields. I am somewhat
more particular in mentioning this, my friend, for I wish, as you
take an interest in this matter, to impress this important fact upon
your mind — that our people, though sorely struck, though suffer-
ing under a most bloody and disastrous defeat, did not lie down
idly in despair without an effort to sustain themselves. No ; the
same indomitable spirit which they had manifested in overcoming
previous difficulties still actuated them. Mr. Abbott came back,
determined, if possible, to save from his growing abundance the
means of subsistence. He went upon the flats to work with
Isaac Williams. Mr. Abbott and Mr. Williams were ambushed
by the savages, and both murdered and scalped. There is a
ravine on the upper part of the plantation of Mr. Hollenback,
above Mill Creek, where they fell. All hope was now extin-
guished, and Mrs. Abbott (her maiden name was Alice Fuller),
with a broken heart, set out with her nine children (judge ye how
helpless and destitute !) to find their way to Hampton, an eastern
town in Connecticut, whence they had emigrated. Their loss
was total. House burnt, barn burnt, harvests all devastated, cat-
tle wholly lost, valuable title papers destroyed — nothing saved
from the desolating hand of savage ruin and tory vengeance.
' God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.' They had between
two and three hundred miles to travel, through a country where
patience and charity had been already nearly exhausted by
the great number of applicants for relief. But they were sus-
tained, and, arrived at their native place, the family was sepa-
rated, and found homes and employment among the neighboring
farmers. Here they dwelt for several years, until the boys, grown
to manhood, were able to return, claim the patrimonial lands,
again to raise the cottage and the byre, and once more to gather
mother and children around the domestic hearth, tasting the
charms of independence and the blessings of home."

"An interesting case, most certainly. Besides the loss of a
father, the direct loss of property must have been considerable —
more than a thousand dollars, I should suppose. I confess it
appears to me very plain, that the continental congress, having
drawn away the men of war raised for the defence of Wyoming,
thereby brought down the enemy on a defenceless place, and

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were the cause of its sufferings and losses, and that the national
government is, therefore, by every consideration of justice and
honor, though late postponed, bound to make good to the suffer-
ers the losses sustained. Did you say that Mrs. Abbott, the
widow, also returned ?"

"Yes, and long occupied the farm where her husband fell. .She
was afterwards married to a man whose name was known as
widely as the extent of the settlement; a shrewd man, a great
reader, very intelligent, distinguished far and near for the sharp-
ness of his wit, the keenness of his sarcasm, the readiness of his
repartees, and the cutting pungency of his satire ; withal not un-
amiable, for in the domestic circle he was kind and clever, and
she lived happily with him. But his peculiar talent being known
for many years, every wit and witling of the country 'round about
thought he must break a lance with him. Constantly assailed,
tempted daily 'to the sharp encounter,' armed at all points like
the ' fretful porcupine,' cut and thrust, he became expert from
practice as he was gifted by nature for that species of warfare.
All the old people, in merry mood, can tell of onslaught and
overthrow of many a hapless wight who had the temerity to pro-
voke a shaft from the quiver of old Mr. Stephen Gardiner."

"You began by speaking of Mr. Stephen Abbott. Did he
marry before he returned from Connecticut, or did he take a
Wyoming girl to wife — a daughter, as he was the son, of one
of the revolutionary patriots?"

" You shall hear. He married a Searle. Having resettled on
the patrimonial property, a fruitful soil, industry and economy
brought independence in their train. Could you look upon the
expelled orphan boy of 1778, pattering along, his little footsteps
beside his widowed mother and the other orphan children, as they
were flying from the savage, and contrast his then seemingly
hopeless lot with the picture now presented, you would say, ' It
is well.' In a very neat white house himself, his four children
living near, each also occupies a white house, all of which are the
abodes of agricultural independence and comfort. Mr. Abbott
has a second wife, having married Sarah a daughter of Colonel
Nathan Denison. Now past seventy, the old gentleman enjoys ex-
cellent health. The canal passes through his farm, and a coal mine

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opened near its banks yields him a revenue equal to every rea-
sonable desire. Long may they live to enjoy it."

The Hazleton Travelers also contains the following in relation
to the Searle family :

"In reply to your question, I said that Mr. Stephen Abbott
married a Searle — Abigail, daughter of William Searle, who was
the son of Constant Searle. The last named (Mrs. Abbott's grand-
father) was in the battle. He was a man advanced in age, having
several sons and daughters married, and being the grandfather of
a number of children."

"What! Old men! Grandfathers! Were such obliged to
go out?"

"They were; the able-bodied men, fit for war, being marched
away, the direful necessity was created which drew to the battle-
field old and young. Mr. Searle was there, and a son of his,
Roger Searle, quite a young man. His son-in-law, Captain
Deathic Hewett, commanded the third company raised at Wyo-
ming, by order of congress, a very short time before the invasion.
So there were three of the family in the engagement; and the
fourth (William Searlej would also have been there, but was at the
time confined to the house by a wound received from a rifle shot
while on a scouting party a few days previous to the battle. How
unsuitable it was that a man like old Mr. Searle should go out
will further appear from the fact that he wore a wig, as was not
unusual with aged men in those days. The bloody savages, in
their riotous joy after their victory, made this wig a source of
great merriment. A prisoner (adopted, I have reason to think,
after the Indian fashion) was painted and then permitted to go
down from Wintermoot's to Forty Fort, under a guard, to take
leave of his mother. When near the brook that runs by Colonel
Denison's he saw a group of savages in high glee. On coming
nearer he beheld an Indian on a colt, with a rope for a bridle,
having on his head, hind side before, the wig of Mr. Searle. The
colt would not go, and one of the wretches pricked him with his
spear ; he sprang suddenly, the Indian fell on one side, the wig
on the other, and the demons raised a yell of delight. Mr. Searle,
before he went out to battle, took off a pair of silver knee buckles
which he wore — gave them to his family, saying they might im-

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pede his movements ; if he fell, he would not need, and if he
returned, he could get them. There was evidently a strong pre-
sentiment on his mind — 'I go to return no more.' The foregoing
incident I find myself reluctant to relate; it appears like awakening
light thoughts in the midst of anguish, sorrow and despair ; but
it seems proper that those things should be set forth which make
deep impressions of material facts, and I deem it a very important
matter, in considering the battle, the defeat, and the present claim
of our people, to show that old men, unfit for war, were, by the
necessity of the case, forced into the field against trained, youth-
ful and expert warriors. The very young also were there. Roger
Searle, the son of Constant, a young man of eighteen or nineteen,
stood by the side of William Buck, a lad of fourteen ; they fought
together, Buck fell, and Searle escaped. William Searle, Mrs.
Abbott's father, went out through the wilderness with the family,
having twelve women and children under his care. I have seen
a memorandum book kept by him. It runs thus: 'Battle of
Westmoreland, July 3, 1778. Capitulation ye 4th. Prisoners
obtained liberty to leave the settlement ye 7th.' It proceeds to the
25th, when they arrived at their former residence in Stonington,
Connecticut. On the 13th they got to Fort Penn, on the Dela-
ware, and here they received from Colonel Stroud a pass and
recommendation, a copy of which may not be unacceptable as a
memorial of old times :"

" 'Permit the bearers, Serg't Wm. Searle with twelve women
and children, in company with him, to pass unmolested to some
part of the State of Connecticut, where they may be able, by their
industry, to obtain an honest living, they being part of the un-
happy people drove off from Wyoming by the Tories and Indians,
and are truly stripped and distressed, and their circumstances
call for the charity of all Christian people ; and are especially
recommended by me to all persons in authority, civil and mili-
tary, and to all continental officers and commissaries, to issue
provisions and other necessaries for their relief on the road.

" 'Given under my hand at Fort Penn, July 14, 1778.

" 'Jacob Stroud, Col'

"Four of the name, to wit, Roger, William, Constant and Miner
Searle, were forty-five years ago among the most intelligent and

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influential citizens upon the Lackawanna, but they all departed in
mid-life. Constant, who was in the battle, died at Providence, Pa.,
August 4, 1804, aged 45 years. Their descendants retain, or
possess, several of the most valuable farms in old Westmoreland,
while one at least, whom we could name, from a female branch
of the family, is winning his way to distinction in an arduous and
honorable profession."

Robert Miner was engaged at the mill of his father at Wrights-
ville for several years after his marriage. It had burned down
either early in 1826 or late in 1825, and Mr. Miner rebuilt it for
his father. In 1833, in connection with Eleazer Carey, Mr.
Miner purchased the Wyoming Herald newspaper. These gen-
tlemen conducted the paper until 1835, at which time it was
merged in the Wyoming Republican, which was then published
in Kingston. The Hazleton Coal Company was incorporated
March 18, 1836. From Mr. Miner's diary we have the following:

"1836, Nov. I. Came to Hazleton to be clerk for company on
trial ; no terms fixed. Board at the old Drumheller house tavern
kept by Lewis Davenport. The company's office is the lower
room of an addition built on the east end of old house. Railroad
located and contracts just assigned. Village laid out.

"Nov. 10, 1836. Town lots were laid out and sold by com-
pany. Wages offered for 'good hands' are : ;g 16.00 a month with
board on Sundays. Fresh pork is, by the hog, 8c. ; corn meal,
$1.12)4; rye chop, ^1.25 ; Oats, 50c. ; coal, $1.75 ton.

"1837. First dwelling put up and occupied by Chas. Edson ;
lot No. 9, sq. II. Then by S. Yost, F. Santee, T. Peeler. Store
and house by L. H. and J. Ingham. R. Miner; Hotel.

"4th of July (1837), moved my family from Wyoming valley
— Plains — to Hazleton, in house I have just finished on corner
of Broad and Poplar streets.

"L. Davenport moved to hotel 23d October, W. Apple taking
the old house.

"First birth of child in Hazleton Oct. 9 — W. Apple's, born in
house at junction of old state road and turnpike — daughter. 2d,
child of F. Santee, blacksmith. 3d, my son — John Howard Miner.

"First corpse interred in graveyard was wife of Th. B. Worth-
ington, in the fall of 1837.

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"Locomotive 'Hazleton' first one on the railroad."
The position of Mr. Miner at Hazleton was secretary of the
Hazleton Coal Company. He kept the books, paid out money,
and made purchases. The company commenced shipping coal
in May, 1837, Mr. Miner, secretary, and A. Pardee, superinten-
dent. This continued until 1840, when the firm of Pardee, Miner
& Company was formed. The company part of the firm was Mr.
Hunt, a miner. They mined coal by contract and delivered it
into boats at Penn Haven. Mr. Miner's health failed in 1841,
when Mr. Pardee bought him out, and he removed to his old
home in Plains township. The next year Mr. Hunt's health also
failed, and Mr. Pardee bought him out also. After that J. G. Fell
came in, and the firm of Pardee & Co. was formed. In No-
vember, 1842, Mr. Miner had business of importance to at-
tend to in Easton and Philadelphia. He traveled, in a private
carriage with his brother, Joseph W. Miner, and they returned
home December 9. That night Robert Miner was taken vio-
lently ill and died before morning. He has been described as of
"peculiar and substantial worth," "at all times cheerful and
happy, with power to raise those emotions in others. His life was
an exemplification of tha true greatness to which many may attain
through a mastery over self His piety, charity and urbanity
became a part of his existence ; to do good to his fellow creatures
was the pleasure of his life." "He, was polite without show,
charitable without ostentation, and religious without bigotry."
"In business he was punctual and exact, and such was the bur-
then he took upon himself in whatever he engaged in, that those
coming after him found little to do." This is the description
given of him by one who appeared to have known him long and
had an extended intercourse with him. In an obituary notice
by Rev. J. Seys he is spoken of as having manifested " from a
child one of the mildest and most amiable dispositions," and as
being "admired and loved by all who knew him." Mr. Miner
had three children, only one of whom, Charles Abbot Miner, sur-
vives. The other two died in infancy. Helen Elizabeth lived
less than a year, and John Howard died at the age of six years.
Charles A. Miner was born in Plains township August 30,
1830, and received his education at the academy in this city and

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at West Chester, Pa. Since attaining his majority he has been
engaged in the milling business. The first grist mill erected at
Wrightsville, now the borough of Miner's Mills, was built by Mr.
Miner's great-grandfather, Thomas Wright. His partner is his
son, Asher Miner. Mr. Miner has been connected with most of
the successful business enterprises of Wilkes-Barre. For fifteen
years he has been the president of the Coalville (Ashley) Passen-
ger Railway Company, and for twenty years a director. For
fifteen years he was president of the board of directors of the
Wilkes-Barre City Hospital. He was president for eleven years
of the Wilkes-Barre and Harry Hillman academy in this city.
For twenty-one years he has been a director of the Wyoming
National bank. He was also a director in the People's bank of
this city. He is a vestryman in St. Stephen's Protestant Epis-
copal church. He is chairman of the committee on legislation
and taxation in the Wilkes-Barre Board of Trade, and a director
and member of the executive committee of the Wilkes-Barre City
Hospital. For a number of years he was a member of the city
council of Wilkes-Barre, and has been president of that body.
He has been president of the Luzerne County Agricultural So-
ciety and of the Pennsylvania Millers' State Association, and in
1873 he represented this state as honorary commissioner at the
world's exhibition at Vienna, Austria. From 1875 to 1880 he
represented this city in the legislature of the state. In 1881 he
was the candidate of the republican party of the county for state
senate, but was defeated by Eckley B. Coxe. Wilkes-Barre con-
tains no more popular citizen within its limits that Mr. Miner.
He married, January 19, 1853, Eliza Ross Atherton, a daughter
of Elisha Atherton (see page 528) and his wife, Caroline Ross
Maffet. (See page 295.) Mr. and Mrs. Miner have a family of
four children — Asher Miner, a partner of his father in the milling
business — was educated at the Wilkes-Barre academy and Wil-
liston seminary, Easthampton, Mass.; Elizabeth Miner; Sidney
Robie Miner, a graduate of Harvard university in the class of
1888, now a law student in the office of L. D. and R. C. Shoe-
maker; and Charles Howard Miner, a student at Princeton uni-
versity in the class of 1890.

i26o Arnold Colt Lewis.

ARNOLD COLT LEWIS.

Arnold Colt Lewis, who was admitted to the Luzerne county
bar August 5, 1850, was a descendant of Hon. William Lewis,
of Philadelphia, being his great-grandson. (See page 817.) His
grandfather was Josiah Lewis, and his father was the late Sharp
Delaney Lewis, a native of Philadelphia, where he was born Jan-
uary 2, 1805, who was a printer by trade, a knowledge of which
craft he acquired in the office of Samuel Maffett, publisher of the
Susquehanna Register. From 1824 to 1831 S. D. Lewis, in con-
nection with Chester A. Colt, published the Susquehanna Demo-
crat, in this city. In 1832 Mr. Lewis established the Wyoming
Republican, in Kingston, and edited it with ability until 1837,
when the press and material was sold to Dr. Thomas W. Miner,
who removed it to Wilkes-Barre. Stewart Pearce, in his "Annals
of Luzerne County," says : "We feel that we hazard nothing in
saying that the Republican, from its birth until its death, was one
of the best and most ably conducted papers in the county, and
no one can peruse its old files without lively interest and admi-
ration." In 1843 Mr. Lewis purchased the Wilkes-Barre Advo-
cate and continued to publish it until 1853, wh.en he sold the
paper to W. P. and Joseph W. Miner, who changed the name to
T/ie Record of the Times. "The History of Wyoming," by Isaac
Chapman, a resident of the valley, was printed and published at
Wilkes-Barre in 1830, by S. D. Lewis. It contains two hundred
and nine pages. It is of the 12 mo. style, and is rarely met
with. For a country publication of nearly sixty years ago, it
exhibits a fair degree of mechanical skill in respect both to print-
ing and binding. From 1847 to 1849 Mr. Lewis was treasurer
of Luzerne county. He was also a justice of the peace and
alderman in this city for many years. He was also a prominent
member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was a trustee
and class leader of the Franklin street M. E. church, and was
also a local preacher. In 1835 he was elected a justice of the
peace for the townships of Dallas, Kingston, and Plymouth. The
wife of S. D. Lewis, and the mother of Arnold C. Lewis, was

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Mary B. Colt, a daughter of Arnold Colt. (See page 495.) He
married for a second wife Deborah Chahoon, the widow of Anning
O. Chahoon, and the daughter of Joseph Slocum, of this city. S.
D. Lewis died in this city. Arnold Colt Lewis, son of S. D. Lewis,
was born in this city, March 2, 1829. He read law with E. G. Mal-
lery, in this city. Soon after his admission to the bar he went to
California, where he was an associate judge at Mokelumne Hill.
He enlisted in the Mexican war in Company I, First Regiment,
Pennsylvania Volunteers. He was first sergeant, and returned with
his company at the close of the war as second lieutenant. Dur-
ing the late civil war he was major of the Forty-sixth Regiment,
Pennsylvania volunteers. For a punishment given to one of the
men of his regiment he was shot by him at Darnellstown, Mary-
land, September 22, 1861. Mr. Lewis established, in 1859, the
Pittston Free Press. It had a short existence of a few months.
He subsequently removed to Catasauqua, Pa., where he was
elected burgess in i860. He was also postmaster. He also
edited the Catasauqua Heralds Hp married, March 19, 1861,
Amanda M. Rohn, a daughter of William and Sarah Rohn. Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis had one son — Arnold Rohn Lewis — who mar-
ried Clara M. Hersh, a daughter of Franklin and Emma Hersh.

CALEB FRANKLIN BOWMAN.

Caleb Franklin Bowman, who was admitted to the bar of Lu-
zerne county, Pa., August 5, 1850, was a native of Berwick, Co-
lumbia county. Pa., where he was born February 21, 1822. He
was a descendant of George Christopher Bauman and his wife,
Susan Banks. (Seepages 695 and 713.) A tradition in the fam-
ily is that the Baumans or Bowmans were German-Swiss, who
emigrated to Alsace — a province recently ceded by France to
Germany, to which it anciently belonged — and that they finally
settled in Pru-ssia ; first at Weisbaden, on the Rhine, and subse-
quently at Ems, on the Lahn. Rev. Thomas Bowman, son of
Christopher Bowman, was born in Bucks county, Pa., December

1262 Caleb Franklin Bowman.

6, 1760. In 1782 he married Mary Freas, a young lady residing
in the neighborhood of the old Bowman farm in Northampton
county. When five children were born to them he resolved to
remove to the interior of the state. Accordingly, in April, 1793,
he and his family left the old farm at Mount Bethel, travelling by
wagon by way of Nazareth, Lehighton and Mauch Chunk, to
make their new home under trying disadvantages in a wilderness
country. Upon their arrival in Briar Creek, in Columbia county,
they occupied, temporarily, a log house situated upon the public
road leading from Berwick to Orangeville. At this time Rev.
Thomas Bowman was a local preacher. He was accustomed to
take his horse and saddle-bags and traverse the country from
Canada to Baltimore, preaching the Saviour of men in the settle-
ments and villages along the Susquehana river, and not unfre-
quently he was long delayed from home at various places, con-
ducting revivals, gathering converts, organizing societies, visiting
from house to house, and so helping to plant the church of his
choice abroad the land from lake to sea. He was ordained a reg-
ular preacher at Forty Fort by Bishop Asbury July 19, 1807.
Soon after he helped to build the Methodist Episcopal Briar
Creek stone church, the first and only edifice within a hundred
miles of the place at the time. He died at the age of sixty-three
years April 9, 1823. His wife died July 4, 1829. Jesse Bow-
man, son of Thomas Bowman, was born in 1788, married Anna
Brown, of Berwick, in 1809, and died October 30, 1880. In 1842
he visited England. He was recognized as a pioneer in the mat-
ter of giving his children a classical education, being among the
first in all that community. He was elected a member of the
board of trustees of Dickinson college in 1847, which position
he held until 1857, when he resigned. He was director of a state
bank in Danville, and afterwards also of the National bank of
Berwick. In 1839 he was appointed a justice of the peace by
Governor Wolf, which appointment was for life, or "so long
as he should behave himself well." He was also a captain
in the state militia. He contributed largely to the erection of the
Methodist Episcopal church in Berwick, and also contributed
largely to the erection of other churches. He was a class leader
for about sixty years. Anna Brown Bowman, wife of Jesse Bow-

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man, was bom March 25, 1791, and was the second child born
in Berwick. She was the daughter of Bobert Brown, a native of
Norwich, England, and Mrs. Mary Barrett (iiee Macintosh), a
native of the north of Ireland. Mrs. Bowman was the first per-
son married in Berwick. She died December 31, 1876. Bishop
Thomas Bowman is the nephew of Jesse Bowman. Caleb F.
Bowman, son of Jesse Bowman, was educated at the academy at
Berwick and at Harford academy, in Susquehanna county, Pa. He
read law with James Armstrong, at Williamsport, Pa. Soon after
his admission to the Lycoming county bar he removed to Potts-
ville, Pa., and opened an office there. He subsequently came to this
county and opened an office in Pittston, and in the course of a
year he removed to this city, where he resided and continued in
the pursuit of his profession to the time of his death, January 25,
1874. In 1872, in company with his wife, he visited England,
Ireland, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. As
a man of business he was successful, and most scrupulously
honest. He was for many years clerk of the old borough coun-
cil. He married, December 8, 1846, Isabella W. Tallman, of
WilUamsport. She is the daughter of the late Jeremiah Tallman,
a civil engineer and surveyor, a native of New Jersey, and his
wife, Maria Brown, a native of White Deer valley, Pa. They
resided for many years in Williamsport, and were a prominent and
prosperous family. The late General Samuel M. Bowman, of the
United States Volunteers, was a brother of Caleb F Bow.man.
Mr. and Mrs. Bowman had no children.

DANIEL RANKIN.

Daniel Rankin was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county.
Pa., August 7, 1850. He was originally from Montgomery
county, Pa. He removed to Providence, now a portion of the
city of Scranton, and was a journeyman tailor. He read law in
Providence with Charles H. Silkman. In 1858 he was a candi-

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date for the legislature on the democratic ticket, but was defeated.
At the organization of the mayor's court in Scranton he was
elected the clerk of that court. His wife was Sarah A. Chapin,
of Wyoming, Pa. He left one son to survive him — Foster
Rankin — who died February 19, i88g.

On' April 15, 185 i, an act entitled "An act to provide for the
election of judges of the several courts of this commonwealth,
and to regulate certain judicial districts," was passed, and in its
last section constituted the eleventh judicial district out of the
counties of Luzerne, Wyoming, Montour, and Columbia. Under
the provisions of this act Judge Conyngham was elected presi-
dent of the district, and was commissioned, November 6, 185 1,
for the term of ten years, from the first Monday of December,
185 1. He was reelected in the year 1861, and was recommis-
sioned for a further period of ten years. In the meantime Mon-
tour had been annexed to the eighth district, and the counties of
Columbia, Sullivan, and Wyoming had be.en erected into a sepa-
rate district — the twenty-sixth. Thus in 1856 Luzerne became
a separate judicial district, with Judge Conyngham as president
judge. By act of June 27, 1864, Luzerne was authorized, at the
next election, to elect an "additional judge," learned in the law.
He was required to possess the same qualifications, hold his office
by the same tenure, was given the same power, authority and
jurisdiction, was subject to the same duties, penalties and pro-
visions, and was to receive the same compensation as the presi-
dent judge. The governor was directed to appoint until the
election, etc. Under this act Henry M. Hoyt, since elected gov-
ernor, was appointed to and held the office of additional judge
until the first Monday of December, 1867. In the fall election
Edmund L. Dana was elected, and was commissioned for the
term of ten years from the first Monday of December, 1867.
Judge Conyngham resigned in the summer of 1870, and on July
8, 1870, Garrick M. Harding was appointed and commissioned
president judge in his stead. He took the required oath on July

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12, 1870. He was elected in the fall, and on November 4, 1870,
was commissioned as president judge for the term of ten years
from the first Monday of December, 1870. The changes wrought
by the constitution of 1874, so far as they are material here, are
as follows :

"Whenever a county shall contain forty thousand inhabitants
it shall constitute a separate judicial district, and shall elect one
judge, learned in the law ; and the general assembly shall pro-
vide for additional judges as the business of the said district may
require. * * * "

"All judges required to be learned in the law, except the judges
of the Supreme Court, shall be elected by the qualified electors
of the respective districts over which they are to preside. * * * "

"Any vacancy happening by death, etc., or otherwise, in any
court of record, shall be filled by appointment by the governor,
to continue till the first Monday of January next succeeding the
first general election, which shall occur three or more months
after the happening of such vacancy."

"The general assembly shall, at the next session after the
adoption of this constitution, designate the several judicial dis-
tricts, as required by this constitution, etc."

"The general assembly shall, at the the next succeeding ses-
sion after each decennial census, and not oftener, designate the
several judicial districts, as required by this constitution."

"Judges learned in the law of any court of record, holding
commissions in force at the adoption of this constitution,, shall
hold their respective offices until their successors shall be duly
qualified."

"After the expiration of the term of any president judge of any
Court of Common Pleas, in commission at the adoption of this
constitution, the judge of such court, learned in the law, and old-
est in commission, shall be president judge thereof, * * * but
when the president judge of a court shall be reelected, he shall
continue to be president judge of that court."

As has already appeared, Judge Harding as president judge
and Judge Dana as additional judge were in commission at the
adoption of the constitution. The act of April 9, 1874, desig-
nated Luzerne as composing the eleventh district, authorized the

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election of another additional judge, learned in the law, at the
next general election, and provided for the election of a successor
to the additional judge already in commission, when his term
should expire. At the first election held after the passage of
this act John Handley was elected additional judge, and in pur-
suance of the provisions of the general act of April 30, 1874,
was commissioned for the term of ten years from the first Mon-
day of January, 1875. At the general election in 1877, William
H. Stanton was elected as a successor to Judge Dana, whose
term was about expiring, and was commissioned for the term of
ten years from the first Monday of January, 1878. Hence, at
the time of the erection of the county of Lackawanna, Hon.
Garrick M. Harding was president, and Hon. John Handley and
Hon. William H. Stanton were additional judges of the Court of
Common Pleas of the district. The act of April 17, 1878, pro-
vided for the division of and the erection of a new county out
of any county containing one hundred and fifty thousand inhab-
itants. Section thirteen of the act provided that the judicial, sen-
atorial, and representative districts shall remain the same, and
that the judges of the several courts of said county, or a major-
ity, shall meet and organize the courts thereof The county of
Lackawanna was erected under the provisions of this act. The
election was held August 13, 1878, and the final proclamation of
the governor was made August 21, 1878. Notwithstanding the
express provisions of section thirteen of the act, it was claimed
that, as the new county had more than forty thousand inhabit-
ants, it became at once a separate judicial district. Recognizing
this claim, Governor Hartranft, August 22, 1878, appointed and
commissioned Benjamin S. Bentley president judge of the new
county, who proceeded to open the court at the time designated
in the act. In order to avoid a conflict. Judges Harding, Hand-
ley, and Stanton declined to interfere, but in order to test the
validity of Judge Bentley's commission, an application was made
to the Supreme Court for a mandamus against the former judges.
On October 14, 1878, the Supreme Court, holding that the ap-
pointment of Judge Bentley was unauthorized, issued a perempt-
ory writ against the judges above named, commanding them to
open and organize the court, as directed by the act of April 17,

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1878, supra. In obedience to this decision, Judges Harding,
Handley, and Stanton opened the courts of Lackawanna county,
October 24, 1878. Judge Bentley no longer assumed to hold the
office. Judge Stanton resigned, February 25, 1879, and on March
4, 1879, Alfred Hand was appointed and commissioned to fill the
vacancy. By a supplement to the above act, with relation to the
division of counties, it was provided that in case the new county
contained forty thousand inhabitants, the governor should, by
proclamation, declare it to be a separate judicial district. The
president judge of the old county was thereupon directed to
elect to which district he would be assigned, and the other law
judge or judges were to be assigned to the other district. If
more than one additional law judge, the oldest in commission
should be commissioned president judge of the new district and
the other as additional law judge. Under this act Judge Hard-
ing, March 25, 1879, elected to remain in the old district of
Luzerne, and Judges Handley and Hand were assigned to the
new district — the forty-fifth. The former was commissioned
president judge thereof, March 27, 1879, 3"^^ the latter addi-
tional law j udge. From that time on Judge Harding ceased to
act in Lackawanna county, and the other two judges ceased to
act in Luzerne.

In June of the same year another act was passed providing
for the election of a judge in a new district created as above. It
contains ^& proviso "that this act shall not take effect in case the
president judge of the old county shall have selected to be
assigned to and reside in the new district, and in case any other
person shall have been commissioned president judge for such
district, the judge elected by virtue of this act shall be commis-
sioned an additional law judge." Under this act, at the general
election in 1879, Judge Hand was elected in Lackawanna county
as additional law judge of the forty-fifth district, and as such was
commissioned for the term of ten years from the first Monday of
January, 1880. It was claimed that the right of Luzerne to elect
an additional law judge under the acts of 1867 and 1874 {supra)
was not affected by the preceding legislation, and at the fall elec-
tion of 1879 Charles E. Rice was elected additional law judge of
Luzerne, composing the eleventh district, and as such was com-

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missioned, December 4, 1879, for the term of ten years from the
first Monday of January following. The resignation of Judge
Harding took effect December 31, 1879. Judge Rice went into
office under his commission as additional law judge January 4,
1880. On the day following, by reason of his holding the oldest
commission, he was commissioned as president judge for the
term of ten years from the first Monday of January, 1880. The
vacancy thus existing was filled by Governor Hoyt, by appoint-
ing and commissioning Stanley Woodward additional law judge,
vice Rice, who had become president judge by operation of law.
The date of Judge Woodward's commission was January 9, 1880.
At the general election following Judge Woodward was elected,
and December 2, 1880, was commissioned additional law judge
for the term of ten years from the first Monday of January, 1881.

Separate Orphans' Court. — The constitution of 1874 pro-
vided that in counties containing one hundred and fifty thousand
inhabitants the legislature shall, and in other counties may, estab-
lish separate Orphans' Court, to consist of one or more judges
learned in the law. By the same section separate registers' court
was abolished, and the jurisdiction conferred upon the Orphans'
Court. Under this constitutional mandate, the separate Orphans'
Court of Luzerne was established by act of May 19, 1874, with
one judge, to be elected and commissioned for the same term
and in the same manner as judges of the Common Pleas. At
the general election following Daniel L. Rhone was elected and ,
was subsequently commissioned judge of the Orphans' Court for
the term of ten years from the first Monday of January, 1875.
Under the act of May 24, 1878, he is now styled and commis-
sioned president judge of said court. Judge Rhone was included
in the application for mandamus above referred to, but as to him
it was refused, for the reason that under the act of 1878, supra,
there could be no separate Orphans' Court in the new county of
Lackawanna, the jurisdiction being vested in the judge of the
Common Pleas.

Hon. D. L. Rhone was reelected a judge of the Orphans' Court
in 1884, and was commissioned December 17, 1884, for a further
term of ten years from the first Monday of January, 1885.

Mayor's Courts. — The mayor's court for the city of Carbon-

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dale was established by act of March 15, 1851. Its jurisdiction
originally extended over the city of Carbondale, and the town-
ships of Carbondale, Fell, Greenfield, and Scott. The latter town-
ship was excluded from its jurisdiction by act of April 11, 1853.
By act of June 2, 1871, the north district of the township of
Blakeley and the borough of Gibsonburg were authorized to vote
upon the question of annexation to the jurisdiction of the
mayor's court. The mayor's court of Scranton was established
by act of April 23, 1866. Its jurisdiction was extended over the
townships of Covington, Jefferson, Madison, Spring Brook, and
the borough of Dunmore, by act of April 5, 1870. By the orig-
inal acts these courts, with certain limitations, had the jurisdic-
tion of courts of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions. They were
courts of record, and their judgments were reviewable in the
Supreme Court. Their judges were the mayors of the respective
cities, the aldermen, and a recorder. By express direction of the
statutes, the president judge of Luzerne was directed to act as
recorder in each of the courts. In December, 1869, quo war-
ranto proceedings were begun by the attorney general, in the
Supreme Court, against Judge Conyngham, to test his right to
act as recorder in the mayor's court of Scranton. July 7, 1870,
judgment was entered for the commonwealth, the Supreme Court
holding that the legislature in creating a new court within part
of the district or county occupied by an old court cannot legis-
late upon the bench of the new court the judge of the old court.
The judge of the new court must be chosen by the people of
his district. After this decision the president and additional law
judge of Luzerne ceased to preside in either of the mayors'
courts. In pursuance of acts of assembly, recorders of the sev-
eral courts were thereafter elected. By section eleven of the
schedule to the constitution of 1874, and the act of May 14,
1874, passed to carry the same into effect, both of these courts
were abolished, December i, 1875 ; the jurisdiction of the courts
of Common Pleas, etc., of Luzerne was revived, and the records,
etc., transferred thereto.

By the amendments to the constitution adopted October 9, 1838,
and which went into effect January i, 1839, the term of the judges
of the Supreme Court was made fifteen years, and that of the

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president and other law judges of the Common Pleas was made
ten years. The judges were to be nominated by the governor,
and by and with the consent of the senate appointed and com-
missioned by him. The schedule provided that the commissions
of the law judges of the Common Pleas "who shall not have held
their offices for ten years, adoption of the amendments to the con-
stitution, shall expire on February 27 next after the end often years
from the date of their commissions." Under this provision of the
schedule the commission of Judge Jessup expired February 27,
1849. By joint resolution passed 1849 and 1 850, it was proposed
to amend the second section of the judiciary article so as to make
the judges elective. This amendment was adopted by vote of
the people on the second Tuesday of October, 1 850. The amend-
ment provided that "the first election shall take place at the gen-
eral election of this commonwealth next after the adoption of
this amendment, and the commissions of all the judges who may
be then in office shall expire on the first Monday of December
following, when the terms of the new judges shall commence."
The act of April 15, 1851 (referred to in another place), was
passed to carry the amendment into effect, and the first election
thereunder was held in the fall of that year.

CHARLES MINER STOUT.

Charles Miner Stout was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county, Pa., April 7, 1851. He was a brother of Asher Miner
Stout. (See page 1226.) His wife was Lizzie Schropp, of Beth-
lehem, Pa. They left no children. During the Mexican war he
entered as third corporal in Company I, First Regiment Pennsyl-
vania Volunteers. He was subsequented appointed lieutenant
in the Eleventh Infantry. Mr. Stout, at the commencement
of the late civil war, entered into the service, and died in that
service.

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CROMWELL PEARCE.

Cromwell Pearce was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county,
Pa., April 8, 1851. His ancestors were Protestant soldiers who
entered Ireland from England with the army of Cromwell in 1649.
Receiving confiscated lands in part pay for military services, a
portion of the family settled near Enniskillen, in the province of
Ulster. In 1690 his great-great-grandfather, in company with
four brothers, entered the army of William III, and fought
shoulder to shoulder with Huguenots and English Blues against
King James II at the celebrated battle of the Boyne. Edward
Pearce, the great-grandfather of Cromwell Pearce, was born in
Enniskillen August 6, 1701, and married Frances Brassington, of
Dublin. They had three children born in Ireland, with which
little family they sailed for America in May, 1737. Two of the
children died of small pox on the voyage. Mr. Pearce arrived
in Philadelphia in August, having been thirteen weeks in crossing
the ocean. Cromwell Pearce, the surviving child, was born in
December, 1732, and was near five years old on his arrival in
Pennsylvania. The family remained in Philadelphia until the
spring of 1738, when they removed to the neighborhood of St.
David's church, in Radnor township, Chester county, Pa. Ed-
ward Pearce was by trade both a mason and carpenter. In 1744
he built St. Peter's church, in the Great Valley. On April 15,
1745, he was chosen its first senior warden. In 1750 he pur-
chased the farm in Willistown where, twenty-seven years after-
wards, the memorable "Paoli massacre" occurred, and on which
the monument now stands. Upon this farm he spent the remain-
der of his days, and died there March 6, 1777. He and his wife
(who died March 26, 1783) were interred at St. David's church
in one grave.

Cromwell Pearce, son of Edward Pearce, was the grandfather
of Cromwell Pearce. On May 8, 1758, he was commissioned a
lieutenant in the battalion of Pennsylvania's regiment of foot, and
served under General Forbes, the successor of General Braddock.
Among other services in the French and Indian war, the com-

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pany to which he JDcionged built a fort at Shamokin, now Sun-
bury, Pa. On May 6, 1777, he was appointed major in the con-
tinental army, and May 20, 1779, colonel of the fifth battalion
of Chester county militia. The extent of his services is not
known beyond the fact that he went on a tour of duty to Amboy,
N. J. On May i, 1 781, he was commissioned major of the second
battalion of Chester county militia. He married Margaret, daugh-
ter of John and Margaret Boggs, who owned a large tract of land
in Willistown. Her parents were members of the Presbyterian
church, and several of their sons served as soldiers in the war of
the revolution. She died December 28, 181 8, aged seventy-eight
years. Cromwell Pearce, after his father's death, became the
owner of the farm in Willistown, where he passed the remainder
of his days, and died August 4, 1794.

Marmaduke Pearce, son of Cromwell Pearce, and father of
Cromwell Pearce, the subject of this sketch, was born at Paoli,
WilHstown township, Chester county. Pa., August 18, 1776. His
opportunities for acquiring a complete education were very lim-
ited. He possessed a natural taste for books and study, and by
improving himself became qualified to teach a country school.
In 1805 he removed to Bellefonte, Pa., where he continued to
reside for several years. Having determined to preach the gos-
pel, he was in 181 1 licensed to preach by Rev. Gideon Draper,
presiding elder of the Susquehanna district of the Methodist
Episcopal church. As a preacher he had few equals, and his
sermons were the embodiment of sound common sense. Reason
and logic were the weapons which he employed. His sermons
did not generally exceed thirty minutes, but in that period, by
reason of his unusual powers of condensation, he would say as
much as most men in double that time. He was a master of Eng-
lish style, and a most able critic in grammar, logic and rhetoric.
He made no display of his learning. He sought the shade, wish-
ing, as he once expressed himself, if he could not be little, to be
unknown. He was an immense man physically, about six feet in
height, and weighing in ordinary health about three hundred
pounds. He died in Berwick, Pa., August 11, 1852. Colonel
Cromwell Pearce, of the Sixteenth United States Infantry in the
war of 181 2, and subsequently sheriff and associate judge of

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Chester county, Pa., was a brother of Rev. Marmaduke Pearce.
The mother of Cromwell Pearce, and wife of Rev. Marmaduke
Pearce, was Hannah Stewart {iice Jameson). She was a descend-
ant of John Jameson, and great-granddaughter of Robert Jame-
son and his wife, Agnes Dixon, daughter of Robert Dixon.
Robert Jameson and his father-in-law, Robert Dixon, were among
the original petitioners to the Connecticut legislature in 1753,
asking for the organization of the Connecticut Susquehanna Land
Company. The preamble of their petition was as follows :
"Whereas, there is a large quantity of land lying upon a river
called Susquehanna, and also at a place called Quiwaumuck,
and that there is no English inhabitant that lives on said land
nor near thereunto, and the same lies about seventy miles west
of Dielewey river, and, as we suppose, within the colony of Con-
necticut, and there is a number of Indians that live on or near the
place or land aforesaid who lay claim to the same, and we, the
subscribers, to the number of one hundred persons, who are very
desirous to go and inhabit the aforesaid land and at the place
aforesaid, provided that we can obtain a quiet or quit claim of the
honorable assembly of a tract of land lying at the place aforesaid,
and to contain a quantity sixteen miles square, to lie on both
sides Susquehanna river, and as the Indians lay claim to the
same, we purpose to purchase of them their right, so as to be at
peace with them, whereupon we humbly pray that the honorable
assembly would grant to us a quit claim of the aforesaid tract.''
The company was organized and the Indian title extinguished
at the treaty of Albany in 1754. John Jameson was the son of
Robert Jameson, and his wife was Abagail Alden. (See page
301.) Mrs. Hannah Pearce, the mother of Cromwell Pearce, was
born about two months after the death of her father, John Jame-
son. She married, in 1799, James Stewart, son of Captain Laza-
rus Stewart, who commanded the Hanover company in the battle
and massacre of Wyoming, where he fell bravel}' fighting in the
defense of his country. James Stewart died in i8o8- In 1819
his widow married Rev. Marmaduke Pearce. She died in Wilkes-
Barre October 21, 1859.

Cromwell Pearce was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., July i, 1823,
and read law with M. E. Jackson, in Berwick, Pa. He left the

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practice of the law in 1859, whea he became a minister of the
Methodist Episcopal church. He married, November 27, 1861,
Sarah H, Taylor, a daughter of David Taylor. Mr. and Mrs.
Pearce had one, child — Carrie H., now the wife of M. Lincoln, M.
D. Mr. Pearce died June 16, 1872. The late Hon. Stewart
Pearce, of Wilkes-Barre, was his brother, as is also Rev. John J.
Pearce, of the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church, who, in 1854, was elected to the congress of
the United States.

WILLIAM HENRY BEAUMONT.

William Henry Beaumont was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county. Pa., April 8, 185 1. He was a descendant of William
Beaumont, of Carlisle, England, who settled in Saybrook, Conn.,
about 1648, and was made a freeman in 1652. Isaiah Beaumont,
a descendant of William Beaumont, was a soldier of the revolu-
tion, fighting with Washington at Trenton and at Princeton. In
the latter battle he was severely wounded, and was discharged from
the service on a pension. He removed in 1791 to the neighbor-
hood of the Wyalusing creek, in Susquehanna county. Pa. The
wife of Isaiah Beaumont was Fear Alden. Captain Jonathan Al-
den, fourth son of John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden, had four chil-
dren. Andrew, his eldest child, married Lydia Stanford February
4, 1 7 14, and they had eight children. They all resided in Leb-
anon, Conn., and there Fear Alden. one of his children, married
Isaiah Beaumont. Prince Alden, third child of Andrew and
Lydia Alden, married Mary Fitch, of New London, Conn., who
bore him ten children. Prince removed to the Wyoming valley
in 1772 and settled in Newport township. He subsequently re-
moved to Meshoppen, Luzerne (now Wyoming) county, where
he died in 1804. (See page 306.)

Andrew Beaumont, son of Isaiah Beaumont, was born in Leb-
anon, Conn., in 1791. In 1808 he came to this city, determined
to obtain an education, and attended schools for several terms,
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wards engaged in teaching, and at the same time conipleting his
studies in his home neighborhood and at the Wilkes-Barre acad-
emy (where he subsequently taught), when, having thoroughly
mastered a classical course, he entered the office of Garrick Mal-
lery, in this city, as a student at law. At the termination of the
usual period of study he passed the examination required, but
was denied admission to the bar by Judge Scott, the presiding
judge, on the ground that he had not read the necessary time.
This was a mere pretext, as Mr. Beaumont thought, and it had
•the effect of driving the candidate from the profession. In Jan-
uary, 1 8 14, he was appointed, under the administration of Presi-
dent Madison, collector of revenue, direct taxes and internal
duties for the twentieth collection district of Pennsylvania, which
included Luzerne county. This office he held until 18 16, when
he was appointed prothonotary and clerk of the courts of Luzerne
county. Mr. Beaumont held these offices until 18 19. In 1821
he was elected to the legislature of the state, and reelected in 1822.
In 1826 he was appointed postmaster of Wilkes-Barre and held
the office until 1832. During the latter year he was a candidate for
congress in the district composed of the counties of Luzerne and
Columbia. The candidates were Mr. Beaumont, Thomas W.
Miner, M. D., whig, and James McClintock, also a democrat, as
Mr. Beaumont was. The fight was a bitter one, and the result
was not known for a week afterward, and then it was ascertained
that Mr. Beaumont was elected by a majority of eighty-eight
votes. He was reelected to congress in 1834. During his ser-
vice in congress the celebrated contest of President Jackson
against the United States bank occurred, and he took strong
grounds with General Jackson as opposed to private institutions
supported by the government. His course in this contest was
sustained by his constituents by his reelection. He opposed and
steadily voted against the bill which distributed the surplus rev-
enue among the states. He enjoyed the close confidence and
intimacy of Presidents Jackson, Van Buren and Polk, Vice Pres-
ident King, General Lewis Cass, and others of his political party.
In 1840 he was tendered, by President Van Buren, the appoint-
ment of treasurer of the United States mint at Philadelphia,
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service at his home. In 1847 he was tendered the appointment
by President Polk of commissioner of pubHcbuildings and grounds
for the District of Columbia, at that time an office of great re-
sponsibilty and requiring great executive ability in the incumbent.
He accepted the office and continued therein until his nomi-
nation was rejected by the United States senate, through the
influence of Senator Benton, of Missouri, who opposed him on
personal grounds. During 1849 he suffered from protracted
illness, and, when partially recovered, exposed himself endeavor-
ing to extinguish a fire in this city, thus sowing the seeds of
the disease which finally carried him off. During his illness in
the latter year he was again elected to the legislature of the state.
During this service he urged the necessity of direct relations be-
tween the state and the general government, and through his
exertions and speeches the first committee on federal relations
was created, of which he was chairman, and he made the first
report on that subject ever presented to the Pennsylvania legis-
lature. He was one of the organizers of St. Stephen's Episcopal
church of this city in 1817, and was one of its first vestrymen.
He was one of the founders of the Luzerne Bible Society in 18 19,
and for a number of years was one of its officers. A contempo-
rary, writing of him, says : " With a friend who could appreciate
the force and depth of his remarks, the corruscations of wit,
fancy, eloquence and pathos, adorned with the wealth which a
tenacious memory had extracted from classical and contemporary
literature, would pour from his lips apparently unconscious of
hours. In figure of speech, ready, trite and apposite compari-
sons, we never knew his equal." He was well known for a period
of forty years in Pennsylvania as a political writer, and his writings
on subjects of political economy would fill volumes. He married,
in 1813, Julia A. Colt, second daughter of Arnold Colt. (See page
495.) She survived her husband and died at Wilkes-Barre October
13,1 872. Andrew Beaumont died at the same place September 30
1853. John Colt Beaumont, his eldest son, became a midship-
man in 1838. He died in 1882, a rear admiral in the United
States navy. Eugene Beauharnais Beaumont, his youngest son,
graduated from West Point May 6, 1861. He is now major of
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He also served as an adjutant general during a portion of the late
civil war, and was brevetted colonel of volunteers. Andrew Beau-
mont's eldest daughter married Samuel P. Collings, father of
John B. Collings, of the Lackawanna bar.

William Henry Beaumont, the second son of Andrew Beau-
mont, was born in Wilkes-Barre November 27, 1825, and read
law with Charles Denison in this city. He served throughout the
whole of the Mexican war, and was first sergeant of Company I,
First Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. In connection with
M. B. Barnum he started, in 1852, The True Democrat, a demo-
cratic newspaper. The paper existed for about a year. Mr.
Beaumont died in this city June 19, 1874. He was an unmar-
ried man.

JOSEPH SLOCUM.

Joseph Slocum was commissioned as an associate judge of Lu-
zerne county. Pa., April 28, 185 i. (For a sketch of his life see
page 339.)

WILLIAM HANCOCK.

William Hancock, who was commissioned an associate judge
of Luzerne county, Pa., November 10, 185 1, was the son of Jon-
athan Hancock, a native of Snow Hill, Maryland, who removed
to this city at an early day. His wife was Catharine Young.
Mr. Hancock was a hotel keeper in this city for many years, and
kept a hotel on the Public Square on lands now occupied by the
Luzerne house. William Hancock, son of Jonathan Hancock,
was born in Wilkes-Barre December 18, 1799. He was a tanner
and currier by trade, and resided the greater part of his life in what
is now the borough of Luzerne, in this county. He married, Feb-
ruary 13, 1 82 1, Laura Smith, daughter of Obadiah Smith, of

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Wethersfield, Connecticut. By her he had six children. She
died November 4, 1 846. He married a second time, February
15, 1848, Elizabeth Denison, a sister of Hon. Charles Denison,
and daughter of Lazarus Denison. (See pages 1087 and 1191.)
By her he had three children. She died in May, 1855. William
Hancock died at his residence, in Luzerne, Pa., January 7, 1859.
James Hancock, of Plains, was a brother of William Hancock.
Colonel E. A. Hancock, of Philadelphia, is one of his sons.

MARTIN CANAVAN.

Martin Canavan, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county, Pa., August 10, 1852, was born in the county Sligo, Ire-
land, in 1802. He was the son of John Canavan and his wife
Catharine Canavan {nee Rogers). Martin Canavan emigrated to
this country in early life and read law with Peter J. Byrne, LL. D.,
in Carbondale, Pa. He. practiced in Scranton and Patterson, N.
J. While in Patterson he was surrogate, recorder of deeds and
associate judge. He married, in 1844, Catharine Corcoran, a
daughter of Loughlin Corcoran and his wife Jane Corcoran (nee
CuUen), natives of Kings county, Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Canavan
had a family of three children — Mary A. Canavan, Thomas I.
Canavan, and Frank P. Canavan.

CHARLES PIKE.

Charles Pike was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county. Pa.,
April 4, 1853. He was born in Northmoreland township, Lu-
zerne (now Wyoming) county. Pa., February i, 1830. He was
a son of James Pike, a native of Brooklyn, Windham county,
Connecticut, who emigrated to Pennsylvania in 18 19. Charles
Pike read law in the office of Harrison Wright, and soon after
his admission took a prominent position in his profession, and a
few years afterwards entered into partnership with Hendrick B.

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Wright, a business connection which continued through many
years, bringing profit and distinction to each of its members. He
was a natural lawyer, if such a thing can be. His mind was of
that penetrating, analytical, and judicial order which comprehends
all that is in a dispute, however manifold its ramifications, and
goes to the heart of it without any indirectness, and decides as
to its merits with promptitude and almost unerring clearness and
fairness. Our ablest attorneys freely confessed him a foeman
worthy of their best steel. It was seldom that he was worsted in
a cause in which his sympathies were really enlisted. He had a
thorough contempt for shams of every description, and many and
amusing are the stories in which his keen criticisms under this
head are recorded, Mr. Pike was a man of unswerving integrity
in all his business transactions, and no one can be found to say
aught against his integrity as a man and lawyer. He never held
a political office of any kind, but might have filled many had his
ambition led him iti that direction. He died at his residence in
this city September 12, 1882. Mr. Pike married, in 1868, Bridget
O'Brien, daughter of the late Anthony O'Brien, of Pittston, who
survives him. lie left no children.

SAMUEL SHERRERD.

Samuel Sherrerd, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county. Pa., April 4, 1853, was a native of Philadelphia, Pa.,
where he was born April 25, 1819. He was a descendant of
John Sherrerd, a merchant of London, England, who came to this
country and settled near Washington, N. J., about 1750. Samuel
Sherrerd was a son of John Sherrerd. On a tombstone in Green-
wich churchyard, Warren county, N. J., is this inscription : " In
memory of John Maxwell, second son of John and Anne Max-
well. He was born in county Tyrone, Ireland, November 25,
1739, and at an early age emigrated with his father to New Jer-
sey. He was a lieutenant in the first company raised in Sussex
county, for the defense of his adopted country in the revolution-
ary war, and soon after, in the darkest hour of her fortunes, joined
the army of General Washington as a captain of a company of

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volunteers. He was engaged in the battles of Trenton, Prince-
ton, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, and Springfield, and
ever distinguished himself as a brave and able officer. Having
served his country in various civil and military offices, and faith-
fully discharged his various duties as a soldier, citizen, and chris-
tian, he closed a long and useful life at his residence at Fleming-
ton, N. J., February 15, 1828, in the eighty-ninth year of his
age." His daughter, Ann, married Samuel Sherrerd. William
Maxwell, brother of John Maxwell, was a general in the revolu-
tionary war. John Maxwell Sherrerd, son of Samuel Sherrerd
and Ann Sherrerd, was born, September 6, 1794, at Pleasant Val-
ley, N, J. He graduated from Nassau Hall, Princeton, N. J., in
1 812. He commenced the study of law with his uncle, Hon.
John Maxwell, and was admitted to the bar from the office of
Chief Justice Charles Ewing (his uncle having died in the mean-
time), in 1816, and practiced in New Jersey until his death. May
26, 1 87 1. When Warren county was created he was appointed
the first surrogate of that county. The wife of J. M. Sherrerd
was Sarah Browne, of Philadelphia, whom he married May 19,
1818. She was a descendant of Nathaniel Browne, who was
overseer of Wellodge shipyard, England, about 1725. His son
Peter, a Quaker, was also a shipbuilder, coming to this country
about 1730. His son Nathaniel was interested in shipbuilding
and property in Philadelphia, also his son Peter after him. The
latter was also a merchant and was the father of Mrs. Sherrerd.
Samuel Sherrerd, son of John Maxwell Sherrerd, graduated from
the college of New Jersey, at Princeton, in the class of 1836,
and from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, at Troy, N. Y., in
1838. He read law with Henry D. Maxwell, of Easton, Pa., and
was admitted to the Northampton county bar in 1842. He prac-
ticed in Belvidere, N. J., until his removal to Scranton, in 1853.
After practicing in Scranton a number of years, he returned to
Belvidere in 1868. He was president judge of the court of Com-
mon Pleas of Warren county, N. J., from 1872 to 1875. Mr.
Sherrerd married. May 6, 1847, Frances M. Hamilton. She was
the granddaughter of John Hamilton and Phoebe Ross (daugh-
ter of John Ross, of Elizabeth, N. J.), who lived on a large
estate at Princeton, N. J, Qqe of their sons, Samuel Randolph

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Hamilton, father of Mrs. Sherrerd, was born about 1790, grad-
uated at Nassau Hall, Princeton, and studied law with Governor
Williamson, at Elizabeth, N. J. He was a lineal descendant of
Miles Standish. He was prosecutor of the pleas of Mercer
county, N. J,, and was quartermaster general for a number of
years. He died at Trenton, N. J., in 1857. The wife of Samuel
R. Hamilton was a descendant of Jonathan Robeson, a Quaker,
who came from England about the time of William Penn and
settled near Philadelphia. In 1741 he built the first iron furnace,
which he named Oxford, in compHment to his father, Andrew
Robeson, who had been educated at the University of Oxford.
Edsall's Centennial Address says : "Jonathan Robeson was one of
the first judges of Sussex county, N. J. His father and grand-
father both wore the ermine before him in Pennsylvania, while
his son, grandson, and great-grandson, each in his turn, occupied
seats on the judicial bench. William P. Robeson (father of ex-
secretary of the navy, George M. Robeson,) of New Jersey, was
the sixth judge in regular descent from his ancestor, Andrew
Robeson, who came to America with William Penn, and was a
member of Governor Markham's privy council." Morris Robe-
son, son of Jonathan Robeson, married Anna Rockhill April 25,
1750. Their son, David Maurice Robeson, married Tacy Paul,
of Philadelphia, about 1790. Their daughter, Elizabeth Robeson,
married Samuel Randolph Hamilton. Their daughter, Frances
M., married Samuel Sherrerd. Mr, Sherrerd died at Belvidere,
N. J., June 21, 1884, leaving three sons to survive him — Alex.
H. Sherrerd and Morris H. Sherrerd, of Scranton, Pa., and John
M. Sherrerd, of Troy, N. Y.

THEODORE L. BYINGTON.

Theodore L. Byington, who was admitted to the bar of Lu-
zerne county. Pa., November 7, 1853, was a son of Roderick
Byington, M. D., a native of Stockbridge, Mass,, where he was
born October 27, 1799, and died at Belvidere, N. J., August 18,
1872. He read medicine in Johnsonburg, N.J,, and subsequently

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graduated from the Jefferson medical college. He practiced in
Johnsonburg from 1825 to 1841, and at Belvidere until his death.
The wife of Dr. Byington was Caroline Linn, a daughter of John
Lynn, a native of Hardwick township, Sussex (now Warren)
county, N. J. In 1805 he was appointed judge of the Court of
Common Pleas, and reappointed in 1810, 1815 and 1820. He
represented the fourth district of New Jersey in the congress of
the United States two terms, and while in congress in the winter
of 1823 he was taken ill and died of typhoid fever.

Theodore L. Byington was born in Johnsonburg March 15,
1 83 1. He was graduated from the college of New Jersey, at
Princeton, in the class of 1849. He then came to this city and
read law in the office of A. T. McClintock. After practicing a
short time in Scranton the whole course of his life was changed.
After studying theology at the Union Theological seminary he
entered the ministry of the Presbyterian church. He married.
May 30, 1858, Margaret Esther Hallock, a native of Smyrna, in
Turkey, Asia. Her parents were Rev. Homan Hallock, born
in Plainfield, Mass., and his wife, Elizabeth Flett, born in Lon-
don, England. Rev. Homan Hallock was a son of Rev. Moses
Hallock, of Plainfield, Mass. Soon after his marriage Rev. T. L.
Byington was sent as a missionary to Bulgaria, Turkey, by the
American board, and was one of their pioneers. His wife accom-
panied him to Turkey and took part in the missionary work. He
returned to this country in 1868, and from 1869 to 1874 he was
pastor of the Presbyterian church at Newton, N. J. The Amer-
ican board, however, prevailed on him to return to the mission
field in 1874, and he became the editor of a weekly paper at Con-
stantinople, published in the Bulgarian language, under the aus-
pices of the board. His health became broken and he was
obliged to return home in May, 1885. After an illness of three
and a half years he died at Philadelphia June 16, 1888. He re-
ceived the degree of doctor of divinity from Princeton college in
1878. He left a widow and two sons — Rev. Edwin H. Byington,
pastor of the Eastern avenue church, Springfield, Mass., Roder-
ick Byington, counsellor at law, Newark, N. J. — and three daugh-
ters, the eldest of which, Caroline Margaret, is the wife of Rev.
Orville Reed, of Springfield.

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JAMES SUTTON BEDFORD.

James Sutton Bedford was born at Waverly, Pa., October 16,
1839. He was educated at Madison academy, Waverly, and at
Amherst college. He read law with G. Byron Nicholson, and
was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county January 10, 1854,
and practiced in this city and Brownsville, Nebraska. He died
in the latter place December 2, 1865. He was an unmarried man
and a brother of George R. Bedford, whose biography will be
found on page 208.

GEORGE SCOTT.

George Scott, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county,
Pa., January 10, 1854, was a son of Judge David Scott. (See
page 392.) Mr. Scott was born in Wilkes- Barre, Pa., June 30,
1829. He was educated in the schools of his native city, and
during the years 1840, 1841 and 1842 attended the Moravian
school at Nazareth, Pa. He then learned the trade of a printer
in the office of Strange Palmer, in Pottsville, Pa., and subse-
quently read law in the office of his brother-in-law, Luther Kid-
der, in this city. In i860 he was register of wills of Luzerne
county. Mr. Scott was an unmarried man. He died in Wilkes-
Barre September 26, 1861.

LYMAN RICHARDSON NICHOLSON.

Lyman Richardson Nicholson was admitted to the bar of Lu-
zerne county. Pa., April 6, 1855. He was a native of Salem,
Wayne county. Pa., where he was born April 12, 1832. He was
the son of Zenas Nicholson and Nancy Goodrich, his wife. (See
page 123.) He died July 13, 1863, of wounds received in the

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battle of Gettysburg, July i, 1863. He was lieutenant in Com-
pany G, One Hundred and Forty-third Regiment Pennsylvania
Volunteers. Mr. Nicholson was an unmarried man. His remains
were brought home and he was buried in the Salem cemetery.

SAMUEL PRICE LONGSTREET.

Samuel Price Longstreet was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county, Pa., August 6, 1855. He was born at Milford, Pike
county, Pa., February i, 1829, and was a descendant of Colonel
Christopher Longstreet, of Sussex county, N. J., who represented
Sussex county in the legislature of that state in 1785, 1786, 1787
and 1788. Colonel Longstreet removed from New Jersey to
New Milford township, Susquehanna county, Pa., as early as
1803. The grave of his wife, who died in 181 3, with its gray,
moss-covered tombstone, is still to be seen in an old cemetery
upon the hillside, a mile or two from Nev/ Milford village. He
afterwards removed to Great Bend, and when the first bridge
across the Susquehanna river was erected in 1844, Mr. Long-
street was appointed toll-gatherer and gate-keeper. He subse-
quently removed to Hamburg, Sussex county, N. J., where he
spent the remainder of his days. William R. Longstreet, a native
of New Jersey, was the son of Colonel Christopher Longstreet.
His wife was Keturah Sayre. Lewis Longstreet, a native of
Morris county, N. J., was the son of W. R. Longstreet. His wife
was Elizabeth Roy Goble, of Sussex county, N. J. She was the
daughter of Nathan and Azubah Price Goble, and granddaughter
of Francis Price, of Frankford township, Sussex county, N. J.
He was a man of much influence in his day. He was for years a
justice of the peace, and solemnized most of the marriages of that
early period. He maintained business relations, more or less
extended, with most of the residents of the county, and established
a reputation for integrity and kindness to those less abundantly
supplied with worldly goods. On November 20, 1789, he was
appointed one of the lay judges of Sussex county, and on No-
vember 26, 1794, he was re-appointed. (See page 952.)

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S. P. Longstreet, son of Lewis Longstreet, read law with W.
W. Ketcham, in this city, after completing his education at Wyo-
ming Seminary. He practiced his profession in Wilkes-Barre
until 1864, when he removed to Erie, Pa. He was interested in
the coal business in Schuylkill county, Pa., and at Erie. He
married, March 9, 185 1, Laura Babcock, of Montrose, Pa., a
daughter of Ezekiel Babcock and his wife, Lydia Gardner. They
had no children, and she still survives him. Mr. Longstreet, at
one time, was estimated to be worth two or three hundred thou-
sand dollars, which he made in the coal business, but misfortune
came and he became so involved that he was compelled to make
an assignment. In early life he connected himself with the Meth-
odist Episcopal church, and became a local preacher in that de-
nomination. In February, 1876, after his failure at Erie, he went
to Salt Lake City, where he was in charge of the Methodist
Episcopal church for a period of eight months. He again entered
upon the practice of his profession in that city, but in September,
1880, he was appointed pastor of the Broadway Methodist Epis-
copal church at Helena, Montana Territory. He died while occu-
pying that position, April 5, 1881. It was the first death of a min-
ister of the gospel that ever occurred in Helena. The late Francis
Price Longstreet, of the Carbon county bar, was a brother of S. P.
Longstreet.

LAZARUS DENISON REYNOLDS.

Lazarus Denison Reynolds was admitted to the bar of Lu-
zerne county. Pa., August 4, 1856. He was a son of Chauncey
A. Reynolds, a brother of Hon. William C. Reynolds. His
mother was Mary, sister of Hon. Charles Denison. Lazarus D.
Reynolds died, unmarried, July 25, 1858.

CHARLES TREADWAY BARNUM.

Charles Treadway Barnum was commissioned an associate
judge of Luzerne county, Pa., November 12, 1856. He was the
grandson of Lazarus Barnum, and the son of James Weed Bar-

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num, who was born at Danbury, Connecticut, April 13, 1789.
The wife of James W. Barnum, who was married at Kingston,
Pa., January 5, 1812, the mother of C. T. Barnum, was JuHa
Treadway, who was born at Bridgeport, Connecticut, April 15,
1787. She was the daughter of John Treadway, whose name is
in the assessment list of Hanover township in 1799, as the owner
of fifty acres of land, one horse, two oxen, and three cows. He
was drowned with two others in April, 1800, while fishing in the
Nanticoke pool. Charles T. Barnum was born at Kingston Jan-
uary 7, 1813. He was a practical printer. He commenced to
learn his trade in the office of the Northern Pennsylvanian, at
Dundaff, Pa., and finished his apprenticeship in this city. He
subsequently worked at his trade in this city, at Jersey Shore,
Mauch Chunk, and at other places. After a few years he went
to Lennox, Massachusetts, and in company with George Wal-
dron published the Lennox Eagle. After a few years he sold out
his interest in the paper and returned to the Wyoming valley.
From 1855 to 1863 he was clerk of the commissioners of Lu-
zerne county. For some years prior to his death he resided on
his farm at Harvey's Lake. Judge Barnum married, in Septem-
ber, 1842, Sarah A. Seybert, daughter of Bernard Seybert, of
Salem township. She died November 11, 1882. C. T. Barnum
died January 11, 1887. Three children survived Judge Barnum
— B. F. Barnum, of this city; James B. Barnum, of Harvey's
Lake ; and Harriet B., wife of F. L. Faries, of Bellwood, Pa.

WILLIAM MERRIFIELD.

William Merrifield was commissioned an associate judge of Lu-
zerne county. Pa., November 12, 1856. He was a son of Robert
Merrifield, and was born at Pine Plains, Dutchess county, N. Y.,
April 22, 1 806. (See page 853.) The wife of William Merrifield
was Almira Swetland, daughter of Belding Swetland, and grand-
daughter of Luke Swetland. In the report of Major James Nor-
ris, of the Third New Hampshire Regiment, which accompanied

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General Sullivan in his march against the Indians, we have the
following, under date of September 5, 1779 : "The Army March'd
at 10 o'clock, preceeded 5 miles to and Indian town Call'd Candaia
or Appletown [On the east side of Seneca Lake — about a half
mile from the lake, on both sides of a small stream, on lot sev-
enty-nine Romulus.] wheir is an old orchard of 60 trees and
many other fruits. The town consists of 20 Houses Very Beau-
tifully situated near the lake, in the town are three Sepulchres
which are very Indian fine where I suppose that some of their
Chiefs are Deposited at this town we found a man by the Name
of Luke Sweatland who was taken by the Savages at Wyoming
last Summer and was adopted into an Indian family in this town
Where has lived or Rather stayd 12 months, he appeared quite
overjoyed at Meeting some of his Acquaintance from Wyoming
who are in our Army, he says that the Savages were very much
stratened for food from April till the corn was fitt to Rost, that
his being kept so short on't for Provisions Preventedhis attempt-
ing to Desert altho' he had frequent opportunityes by being sent
20 miles to the salt Spring to make salt which spring he says
afforded Salt for all of the Savages in this part of the Country, he
says that the Indians were very much allarm'd and Dejected at
being beat at Newtown they told him they had a Great many
wounded which they sent of by Water we Destroyed Great quan-
tities of Corn here."

EZRA BARTHOLOMEW CHASE.

Ezra Bartholomew Chase, who was admitted to the bar of Lu-
zerne county, Pa., April 7, 1857, was a descendant of Daniel
Chase, a Free Will Baptist preacher, a native of New Hampshire,
where he was born November 7, 1770. In 18 16 he removed to
Jackson, Susquehanna county, Pa. His wife was Catharine Fill-
brook. John Chase, son of Rev. Daniel Chase, was also a Bap-
tist minister. He removed with his father to Pennsylvania. He
was born October 19, 1794, and died at Windsor, N. Y., in 1840.

E. B. Chase, son of Rev. John Chase, was born December 25,
1827, at West Windsor, N. Y. He was educated at Harford

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academy, afterwards Harford university, Harford, Pa. He read
law with F. B. Streeter, at Montrose, and was admitted to the
Susquehanna county bar August 19, 1850. He was elected a
member of the legislature in 1852, and reelected in 1853, and in
1854 was speaker of the house. He was probably the youngest
man ever elected to that position. About 1851 he, in connection
with his cousin, Hon. S. B. Chase, purchased the Montrose Dem-
ocrat, and it continued under the charge of one or both of these
editors until 1856, when they sold the establishment. The latter
year he purchased the Lackawanna Herald, at Scranton, which
had been a Know-Nothing organ, and changed the political char-
acter of the paper by making it a Democratic paper. The name
was changed to Herald of the Union. Declining health induced
Mr. Chase to sell out after a short time. In 1857 Mr. Chase re-
moved to Wilkes-Barre, where he practiced his profession until
the time of his death, February 15, 1864. At that time he was
district attorney of the county. He was the author of a work of
four hundred and ninety-five pages, entitled "Teachings of Pa-
triots and Statesmen, or the Founders of the Republic on Sla-
very." Philadelphia, i860. J. W. Bradley, publisher. Mr.
Chase married, October 20, 1852, Amelia C. Shafer. She was
the daughter of Embley Shafer, born in Sussex county, N. J.,
in 1803, died in 1884. His wife was Urania Turrell, who was
born in Connecticut in 1808. William Turrell, her father, was
born in Connecticut in 1781 ; removed to Montrose in 1816,
where he died in 1853. His wife, whom he married in 1807, in
Connecticut, was Polly Sylvia Benedict, who died in Montrose
in 1873. Three children survived Mr. Chase— Elizabeth S., wife
of E. Nancura Hunt, Wyalusing, Pa. ; Amelia C, wife of William
P. Stalford, Wyalusing ; and Embley Shafer Chase, who married
Mina B. Meylert, of LaPorte, Pa.

GEORGE SANDERSON.

George Sanderson, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county, Pa., September 14, 1857, was a native of Boston, where
he was born February 25, 1810. His father was one of the solid

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men of Boston, engaged largely in trade with the West Indies
Mr. Sanderson, when a young man, studied and graduated in the
Boston Latin School, but he could not be content to stay in
New England. As to so many of her sons, so to him came that
intense longing for other scenes and faces. The new life of the
further west attracted him, and he traveled in New York state as
a Universalist minister, editing a religious paper of that denomi-
nation at either Geneva or Rochester. He settled in Towanda,
Pa., in 1835, and was admitted to the Bradford county bar in 1840,
while residing there. He was deputy attorney general of Brad-
ford county for some years, and during the years 185 i, 1852, and
1853 represented Bradford, Susquehanna, and Wyoming counties
in the state senate. In the latter year Mr. Sanderson became
acquainted with George W. Scranton, and a warm friendship
sprang up between the two men. Mr. Sanderson was able to be
of considerable assistance to Colonel Scranton in securing the
passage of bills which placed the mining and manufacturing
industries of Scranton, then in their infancy but which have since
grown to such gigantic proportions, upon a firm and stable basis.
Colonel Scranton urged him to come to Scranton, describing in
glowing terms the future of the young settlement. Mr. Sander-
son came first in 1854 and again in 1855.' Apparently he too
saw clearly what a busy place the valley was destined to become,
for in April of that year he purchased the Hitchcock farm of two
hundred and twenty acres for sixty-five thousand dollars, a large
sum in those days, yet within a few weeks he sold an undivided
half of it for as much as he gave for the whole. Then he opened
what is now Washington avenue, cutting the road out through
the woods and building a corduroy road across the swamp, and
amid the pine stumps he built for himself in 1856 the handsome
residence now occupied by Mr. James Blair, which has remained
practically unchanged from that day to this. He laid out San-
derson Hill in lots, opened up streets, adopted a liberal and pub-
lic spirited policy toward settlers upon his lots, donated ground
for school and church purposes, and served the young borough
in 1857 and again in 1864 as burgess. He practiced law, too, in
those days, and in company with his brother-in-law. Burton
Kingsbury, in 1855, he went into the banking business under the

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name of George Sanderson & Company. The firm continued in
successful operation until 1873, when it became merged into the
Lackawanna Valley bank. About 1864, desirous of retiring in
some degree from business, and also desirous of securing for his
children greater educational advantages than the young settle-
ment afforded, he removed to Philadelphia and purchased a hand-
some residence at Germantown, still retaining his interests at
Scranton, which place he frequently visited ; but it was impossi-
ble, for so busy a man to long remain content with circean
dreams of idleness. He accordingly organized the Tremont Coal
Company; whose lands lay in Schuylkill county. His acquaint-
ance with prominent capitalists and business men in Philadelphia
was very extensive, and they deferred largely on his sound judg-
ment on financial matters in this part of the state. He remained
in Germantown some three years and then returned to Scranton.
It was about this time that he ran for mayor against the late
William M. Monies, who won the race, however. He purchased,
about 1869 or 1870, the Whaling property at Green Ridge, and
with the same liberal policy that had marked his course in regard
to the lots on Sanderson Hill, he built a street car railroad to
afford easy access from these lots to the city. He opened up
streets, laid out lots, and by every means in his power has labored
indefatigably to build up Green Ridge, until, owing to his exer-
tions, it has become a neighborhood of delightful homes, a
suburb of which any city may well be proud. He secured, almost
single-handed, and in the face of great opposition, the act of 1873
for the opening of Washington avenue, now the finest driveway
in Scranton. He was from the first a warm advocate of the new
county project, to further which he contributed liberally always
of his time and money. His life was a singularly clean and pure
one — upright and conscientious in all its various phases. He was
a member of the city council in 1876; he would accept no remun-
eration for his services as banker, and in the controversy which
followed the funding -of the city debt his character came out un-
tarnished, While he was a man of apparently austere manners
and somewhat brusque exterior, these were but the rough husks
that held the sweet kernel within ; for he was a man of great ten-
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only sadness and distress. Yet it was only dear and familiar inti-
mates who realized his full value as a man, for after the death of
his oldest daughter, whom he very tenderly loved, he became
more and more self-contained and reticent. He died April i,
1866. In 1835 Mr. Sanderson married Marion W. Kingsbury, a
descendant of Joseph Kingsbury, of Enfield, Connecticut, whose
son, Lemuel Kingsbury, was the father of Colonel Joseph Kings-
bury, father of Mrs. Sanderson. Colonel Kingsbury was born
at Enfield, May 19, 1774. His grandfather, Joseph Kingsbury,
offered to send him to Yale college if he would prepare for the
ministry, but the offer, tempting as it was, had too many condi-
tions attached for the young man, who looked upon a minister,
as most people did then, as a little less than a demagogue, and felt
that he was not of that material of which gods were made, and
the offer was declined. At the age of nineteen he left the friends
of his youth, and with a horse, a small sum of money, and a
compass, he turned his face towards the Susquehanna to find a
home and employment. He arrived at Sheshequin in the spring
of 1793, and on the very day he was nineteen years old. He
engaged at once with General Simon Spalding as a surveyor, and
began a career that culminated in his appointment as agent for
the vast landed estates of Vincent LeRay de Chaumont, known
as the LeRay lands. Count de Chastelleux, McEwen and David-
son, the Bank of North America, and others. From an early
period to his death he was a member and generous contributor
to the religious denomination of Universalists. He was for many
years a colonel of militia and postmaster of the town. He died
June 22, 1849. The wife of Colonel Joseph Kingsbury, whom
he married February i, 1797, was Ann Spalding, a daughter of
General Simon Spalding, who was born at Plainfield, Connecticut,
January 16, 1742. He emigrated .to Wyoming about 1774,
and settled in Standing Stone in 1775. He was in command of
a company of troops during the revolutionary war, and was in
General Sullivan's expedition in 1779, and as it passed through
Sheshequin valley he was so favorably impressed with its appear-
ance and location that he then resolved to make it his future
place of residence. He was a captain in the revolutionary army
and was made a general of militia after the war closed. He

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entered the army September 11, 1776, and remained in service
during the whole war. He was at the battles of Germantown,
Brandywine, and others. His wife was Ruth Shepherd, whom
he married April 15, 1761. Mrs. Sanderson died at her residence
in Scranton, June 23, 1886. She was a consistent member of
the Episcopal church, as was also her husband, who was a vest-
ryman in the church of the Good Shepherd, and donated the
land upon which the church was built. Mr. and Mrs. Sander-
son had a family of five children, of whom four are living — J.
Gardner Sanderson, George Sanderson, who was admitted to the
bar of Luzerne county November 19, 1870 (See page 936);
Anna Sanderson, and Mrs. E. B. Sturges. (See page 925.)

JOHN BRISBIN.

John Brisbin was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county. Pa.,
in 1857. He was a native of Chenango county, N. Y., where he
was born in 18 18. He remained at home, working as a farmer's
boy, enjoying only the usual advantages of a common school
education, until he was fifteen years old, after which he attended
an academy for two years, teaching a country school in the winter ;
then went to New York as a clerk in a wholesale grocery and
provision store, where he remained for two years, married his
wife there, and went to Tunkhannock, Pa., where he read law,
teaching school to pay his board. He was admitted to the bar
of Wyoming county. Pa., in 1843. He continued in the practice
of his profession there until. 1855, when he received the appoint-
ment of counsel and general land agent of the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western Railroad Company, and removed to Scran-
ton, where he opened a law office. He served in that capacity
for two years, when he was appointed general superintendent,
which position he occupied until 1863, when he was chosen pres-
ident of the company, and continued in that capacity for about
five years; he then resigned, and was appointed counsel and gen-

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eral adviser, which position he occupied until the time of his
death, which occurred at Newark, N. J., where he then resided,
February 3, 1880. In 1850, upon the death of Chester Butler,
he was elected to fill the vacancy in congress for this district, and
served in that capacity until March 4, 185 1. Mr. Brisbin left no
children. After making ample provision for his wife, he left a
large estate to numerous charities.

GEORGE DOUGHERTY HAUGHAWOUT.

George Dougherty Haughawout, son of Peter Haughawout,
was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county, Pa., January 18, 1858.
He was a native of Rush township, Northumberland county. Pa.,
where he was born March 16, 1827. He was educated at the
Danville, Pa., academy, and the university at Lewisburg, Pa. He
read law with John C. Neville, at Pottsville, and was admitted to
the Schuylkill county bar in 1854, and practiced in Schuylkill
county until his removal to Scranton in 1857. He subsequently
returned to Schuylkill county and practiced in Ashland until his
death, which occurred August 8, 1886. He married, in 1885,
Kate Leisenring, a daughter of Jacob and Mary Leisening, of
Bear Gap, Northumberland county. Pa.

WILLIAM H. PRATT.

William H. Pratt was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county.
Pa., January 4, 1859. ^'^ residence was in Dunmore, Pa. At
the commencement of the late civil war he entered the service
and lost an arm. His wife was Catharine, daughter of John
Sherman.

1294 Joseph Wright.

ISAAC McCORD CAKE.

Isaac McCord Cake, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county, Pa., January 4, 1859, was a native of Northumberland,
Pa., where he was born January 6, 1817. His paternal grand-
father, John Cake, was a native of Berks county. Pa. His wife
was Susan Kirk, a native of Perkiomen Cross Roads, Chester
county, Pa. John Cake, son of John Cake, and father of Isaac
M. Cake, was born in Berks county January i, 1789. He was
brought to Northumberland in the same year, where he resided
until his death, June 20, 1864. He was a justice of the peace
there for twenty-five years. His wife, whom he married February
22, 181 1, at Northumberland, was Sarah McCord, who was born
at Easton, Pa., July 8, 1789. She was the daughter of Joseph
McCord, a native of Stuartstown, Tyrone county, Ireland, whose
wife was Sarah Jane Green, a native of Cornwall, England. They
were married in Dublin, and were members of a Methodist colony
that settled on the Lehigh river, in this state. Isaac M. Cake
read law with Charles W. Hegins, at Sunbury, Pa., and was ad-
mitted to practice in the courts of Northumberland county in
1844. During President Polk's administration he was revenue
agent and custom house inspector at Philadelphia. During the
late civil war he was captain of Company I, Ninety-sixth Regi-
ment Pennsylvania Volunteers. He was a man of more than
ordinary intelligence, well read, of sedentary habits, and a con-
firmed bachelor. While practicing his profession in this county
he resided at Scranton. He died at Northumberland July 2,
1888.

JOSEPH WRIGHT.

Joseph Wright was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county,
Pa., January 2, i860. He was born in this city June 18, 1839,
and was the son of Hendrick B. Wright. (See page 2.) His
mother was Mary Ann Bradley Robinson, a daughter of John

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W. Robinson. (See page 11 84.) Joseph Wright practiced his
profession in this city until April 23, 1861, when he was appoint-
ed adjutant of the Eighth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, in
the three months' service. He was mustered out with his regi-
ment, July 29, 1 86 1. On September 13, 1 861, he was appointed
captain of Company D, Seventieth Regiment, Pennsylvania
Volunteers. He served in that capacity until his death, which
occurred May 18, 1862, at the home of H. R. Coggshall, in Ger-
mantown. Pa., of typhoid fever contracted in camp before York-
town, Va. He was buried in this city with military honors, May
20, 1862. Mr. Wright was an unmarried man.

JOHN PERRY CRAIG.

John Perry Craig was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county,
Pa., January 3, i860. His grandfather, John Craig, was a native
of the north of Ireland, and at an early age emigrated to this
country and settled in Columbia county, Pa. His son, John
Craig, was a native of Columbia county. His wife was Mary
Engle, a daughter of Silas Engle, a native of Germantown, Pa.
John P. Craig, son of John Craig, was a native of Briar Creek
township, Columbia county, Pa., where he was born February
18, 1829. He was educated in the public schools of his native
township, at the academy at Berwick, Pa., and a law school at
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and read law with M. E. Jackson, at Ber-
wick. He was first admitted to the bar at North Bend, Indiana,
then at Pottsville, Pa., and finally settled in Shickshinny, in this
county. He was an unmarried man. He died February 21, 1862.

ARTHUR HAMILTON.

Arthur Hamilton, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county, Pa., February 20, i860, was a native of Scotland. He
came to this country about 1852, and was for gome time engaged

1296 CoRYDON Hiram Wells.

in the works of Dickson & Company, in Scranton, as a faithful
and ingenious machinist Leaving this occupation and becom-
ing a citizen of the United States, he turned his attention to the
study of the law. On October 26, 1861, he entered the army as
captain of Company H, Seventy-sixth Regiment of Pennsylvania
Volunteers. He was killed at the battle of Coosawhatchie,
South Carolina, October 22, 1862. He was an unmarried man.

CHESTER BUTLER BRUNDAGE.

Chester Butler Brundage was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county, Pa., May 8, i860. He was born in the village of Con-
yngham, in this county, September 4, 1838, and was the son of
Moses S. Brundage and his wife, Jane Broadhead, and the brother
of Asa R. Brundage, of the Luzerne bar. (See page 62.) He
was educated at the Wyoming Seminar)'-, Kingston, Pa., and
Eastman's Business College, Poughkeepsie, New York. C. B.
Brundage read law with his brother in this city, and after his
admission practiced here and in Poughkeepsie. He married,
January 3, 1861, Marie J. Mitchell, a daughter of Jethro Mitchell,
of Poughkeepsie. They had one daughter, Gertrude M. Brund-
age, who is now the wife of John S. Streeper, of Pottstown, Pa.
Mr. Brundage died January 27, 1 871, in the city of New York.

CORYDON HIRAM WELLS.

Corydon Hiram Wells, who was admitted to the bar of Lu-
zerne county. Pa., August 30, i860, is a son of John W. Wells.
(See page 978.) Mr. Wells was born in Dundaff, Pa., October
I, 1826. He was educated at Madison Academy, Waverly, Pa.,

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and studied law with Hendrick B. Wright, in this city, but imme-
diately located in Scranton, where he resided until his death,
March 24, 1888. His wife was Mary G. Bass. Mr. and Mrs.
Wells had a family of two children — Thomas F. Wells, for-
merly of the Luzerne bar, now of the Lackawanna county bar,
and Jennie R., wife of Rev. W. L Stearns, pastor of the Wash-
burn street Presbyterian church, Scranton, Pa. The Scranton
Republican, in speaking of the death of Mr. Wells, said : "C. H.
Wells was one of the most upright and most thoroughly respected
men in this city, having spent a large share of his life here. He
was always active in business and invariably just in every trans-
action. No one had aught to say against Corydon H. Wells.
He was a highly revered member of the Washburn street Presby-
terian church, and that congregation has lost a stalwart supporter
of its spiritual and temporal needs. Politically, he was a demo-
crat, but not pronounced in his views on any governmental ques-
tion, and hence his opinions were respected by men of every
political complexion, because of the well-known honesty of pur-
pose which he ever maintained therein. He sought no office,
but the responsible position of assessor sought and found in him
one who was acceptable to all his fellow citizens, and by his death
the city loses an able, upright, and experienced official. The
city, the church, his neighborhood, his acquaintances, and his
friends will all sincerely unite with his relatives in mourning the
death of Corydon H. Wells." George A. Wells, of this city, and
John C. Wells, of Ashley, are brothers of C. H. Wells.

JOHN HOLMES KETCHAM.

John Holmes Ketcham, who was admitted to the bar of Lu-
zerne county, Pa., August 20, 1 861, was a native of Wilkes-
Barre, Pa., where he was born March 24, 1830. He read law
with A. T. McClintock, of this city. He was educated at Wyom-

1298 Albert Chamberlain.

ing Seminary, Kingston, Pa., and was for many years a clerk in
the prothonotarys office, in this city. He was a brother of the
late Winthrop Welles Ketcham, of the Luzerne bar.

ALBERT CHAMBERLAIN.

Albert Chamberlain, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county, Pa., September 3, 1861, was a native of Bennington,
Vermont, where he was born December 29, 181 1. He was a
grandson of Benjamin Chamberlain, a native of Rhode Island,
who was a soldier in the revolutionary war, and for a period of
three months was a prisoner on board a prison ship in the East
river, near New York. He died in 1822. His occupation was a
scythe maker. Lewis Chamberlain, son of Benjamin Chamber-
lain, was a native of Rhode Island, who removed to Vermont in
1800, and married there, in 1810, Nancy Palmer.' In 1813, with
his wife and son Albert, he removed to Choconut, Susquehanna
county, Pa., where he died, March 20, 1871, aged eighty-seven
years. During the presidency of Andrew Jackson he received a
commission as postmaster, which office he held without intermis-
sion or reappointment until his death, a period of forty-two years.
Albert Chamberlain, son of Lewis Chamberlain, was educated in
the public schools of his neighborhood, and studied law with
Bentley & Richards, at Montrose, Pa. He was admitted to the
bar of Susquehanna county August 21, 1843. He was district
attorney of Susquehanna county for six years, and was also for
a number of years a justice of the peace at Montrose. From
1869 to 1873 he was the United States assessor of internal reve-
nue for the twelfth congressional district of Pennsylvania, and
during this period he removed to Scranton from Montrose.
While a resident of Scranton he was a member of the school
board of that city. Mr. Chamberlain married, in 1851, at Mid-
dletown, N. Y., Harriet Durbrow, daughter of Joseph Durbrow.
One son, Edward F. Chamberlain, is the issue of this marriage.
Mr. Chamberlain died in Scranton December 2r, 1877. His
widow and son survive him.

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SANFORD GRANT.

Sanford Grant, who was commissioned an associate judge of
Luzerne county, Pa., November 23, 1861, was a native of Vernon,
Tolland county, Connecticut, where he was born in 1800. He
resided in Scranton the greater part of his life, of which he was
one of the original proprietors. (See page 526.) He conducted
the store of Scranton, Grant & Company, and in 1841 removed
his family there. In September, 1845, Joseph H. Scranton pur-
chased the interest of Mr. Grant and he retired from the firm.
Sanford Grant was the son of Augustus Grant, a native of Ver-
non, and his wife Asenath Fuller, a native of East Haddam, Con-
necticut. Sanford Grant married, in 1827, Anna King, daughter
of Lemuel King. His wife dying, he married a second time, in
1837, Mary McKinney, a daughter of Justus McKinney, a native
of Ellington, Connecticut, whose wife was Phila Fuller, a native
of East Haddam. Mr. Grant died January 29, 1886. He left
two sons to survive him — James C. Grant, now deceased, and
Hezekiah K. Grant, who resides at Phillipsburg, Pa.

JOHN REICHARD.

John Reichard was commissioned an associate judge ofthecourts
of Luzerne county. Pa., November 23, 1861. He wasanative of
Frankenthal, Bavaria, now Prussia, where he was born May 24,
1807, and was a son of George Reichard, who kept the Red Lion
hotel on the public square in that place. Judge Reichard left his
native place in 1833, to come to America. He lived for a time with
George F. Bamberger, now of this city, but then of Lower Smith-
field township, Northampton county, Pa., who had preceded him
from his native town three years, and in 1834 he came to this
city. After his arrival here he established himself as a brewer,
and from a small beginning it grew under his immediate direc-
tion and that of his sons. Colonel George N. Reichard and Henry

1300 John Reichard.

C. Reichard, to be one of the principal business enterprises of
this city. Judge Reichard was not, however, the pioneer in the
brewery business in Wilkes-Barre. At an early day Thomas
Ingham started a brewery on River street, below Union, which
he carried on for several years. He was succeeded by Judge
Reichard's cousin. Christian Reichard, who conducted the busi-
ness until 1834, up to which time all the materials used had to be
hauled in wagons from Philadelphia. Judge Reichard soon pur-
chased the establishment from his relative, where, after recon-
structing and enlarging the works very materially, he continued
the business until 1874, when the buildings were torn down and
the machinery removed to the more spacious quarters now occu-
pied by Reichards and Company (consisting of George N. Reich-
ard, Jennie Reichard and George Weaver), on Water street, be-
yond the county prison. Mr. Reichard married, in April, 1834,
Wilhemina Schrader, a daughter of John Nicholas Schrader, who
died in this city, October 3, 1874. Mrs. Reichard was also a
native of Frankenthal.

She had a right to claim some identity with the early history of
our valley, she being a relative of Captain Philip Schrader, who
was a conspicuous figure in the early history of Pennsylvania,
and who accompanied General Sullivan as captain-lieutenant of
the German battalion, in his expedition against the Indians in
1779. The following commissions of Captain Schrader are in
the possession of John Reichard, a son of Judge Reichard : One
as captain-lieutenant in the German regiment, dated June 16,
1779; one as captain of a company of rangers, dated September
10, 1781 ; one as captain in the corps of infantry commanded by
Major James Moore, dated September 25, 1783 ; and one as one
of the justices of the peace for Northampton county, dated April
I, 1806. The Wyoming Jaegers was one of the earliest and for
many years most prominent of German organizations in this
city. It came into being in 1843, and at its first meeting John
Reichard was chosen captain. This position he held for several
years. He was also the first president of the Concordia society,
an honorary member of the Saengerbund, as well as being prom-
inently connected with other social organizations. In 1853 and
1854 Judge Reichard was postmaster of the borough of Wilkes-

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Barre. In 1867 he was appointed by President Johnson consul
to Ravenna, Italy. For more than half a century Captain
Reichard, as he was familiarly called, had been an active and
leading business man in Wilkes-Barre, during which time his
honesty and integrity as a man had never been doubted or
brought in question. During the later years of his life Judge
Reichard spent much of his time in the land of his nativity. He
died on shipboard on returning to this country, August 19, 1884,
his final voyage being his twenty-sixth trip across the Atlantic.
He left to survive him the following children — Colonel George
Nicholas Reichard, married to Grizzy Gilchrist, daughter of P. Mc.
Gilchrist ; Henry Colt Reichard, married to Jenny Griffin, daugh-
ter of Elias Griffin ; John Reichard, married to Eliza C. Parrish,
daughter of Gould P. Parrish (see page 593) ; Charles Wolf
Reichard, married to Carrie E. Harrington, daughter of David C.
Harrington (see page 874) ; Albertina L. Reichard, wife of the late
J. H. Swoyer ; Catharine F. Reichard, wife of C. H. Leonard.
Helena, wife of the late M. A. Holmes. She became the second
wife of J. H. Swoyer. Julia Reichard, another daughter, married
Colonel E. A. Hancock, of Philadelphia. She is now deceased,
leaving one son, James Hancock, a graduate of Princeton Col-
lege of the class of 1888.

IRA D. RICHARDS.

Ira D. Richards was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county.
Pa., November 26, 1861. He was born in 1826, and was a mem-
ber of the Tioga county bar, and when admitted here he removed
to Carbondale, where he resided up to the time of his death.
From 1865 to 1869 he was district attorney of the recorder's
court of Carbondale. In 1873 he was elected recorder, and on
February 9, 1874, as he was entering the court house to dis-
charge his duties, was taken with a severe hemorrhage which
caused his death in about two hours. He was an able counsel-
lor, a studious lawyer, and an upright judge. He left a widow
but no children to survive him.

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Canfield Harrison.

JOHN L. GORE.

John L. Gore was admitted to the Luzerne county, Pa., bar,
January 22, 1862. He was the grandson of John Gore and his
wife, Elizabeth Ross, and the son of John Gore and his wife,
Ruth Searle. (See page 435.) His father was born in 1799, and
died December 20, 1879. John L. Gore resided in Carbondale,
Pa., and died there May 15, 1862. He was an unmarried man.

CANFIELD HARRISON.

Canfield Harrison, who was commissioned an associate judge
of Luzerne county. Pa., July 3, 1862, was the grandson of Stephen
Harrison, of Canaan, Connecticut, who moved with his wife and
children to what is now Huntington township, this county, in
April, 1778. After the battle and massacre he and his family
returned to their former home in Connecticut, where they
remained until 1789, when they returned to their former home in
Huntington. His wife was Susanna Franklin, a sister of Colonel
John Franklin. They had a son Jarius Harrison, whose wife
was Huldah Fuller, who was the father of Canfield Harrison.
He was born in Huntington in 1809. Mr. Harrison, in his early
manhood, was a merchant, and in after years a hotel keeper. He
resided in Carbondale for many years, and the Harrison house
in that city derived its name from him. In 1861 he was mayor
of the city of Carbondale. He married, in early life, Deborah
Koons, a sister of Hon. John Koons. She was born in Monroe
county May 7, 181 1. They had no children. In the latter
years of their life they resided in Bloomsburg, Pa., where they
died; Mr. Harrison on February 28, 1880, and Mrs. Harrison
September 2, 1887.

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EDGAR LEROY MERRIMAN.

Edgar Leroy Merriman, who was admitted to the bar of Lu-
zerne county, Pa., September i, 1864, was a native of Franklin, Sus-
quehanna county, Pa., where he was born January 7, 1844. His
grandfather, Theophilus Merriman, was a native of Cheshire, New
Haven county, Connecticut. He removed to Franklin township,
Susquehanna county, Pa., in 1800. His wife was Susan Smith,
a daughter of Captain Roswell Smith, also of Cheshire. The
father of E. L. Merriinan is Joseph L. Merriman (son of Theop-
hilus Merriman), who was born in Franklin, September i, 18 17.
His wife was Mercy Baker, a native of Greenfield township, Lu-
zerne (now Lackawanna) county, where she was born February
14, 18 1 6. Mr. Merriman was formerly a farmer, but has been
engaged in the mercantile business for many years. During his
early years Edgar was the brightest boy in the neighborhood.
He was sent to a common school, where he received the first
rudiments of his education. His fondness for study soon made
him a good scholar, and he always stood at the head of his class.
At twelve he was sent to the Montrose academy, and here again
he applied himself diligently to his studies, and very soon pushed
forward until he was among the foremost students. From Mont-
rose he was sent to the Wyoming seminary, at Kingston, where
he completed his education.

Expressing a desire to study law, his father managed, fortu-
nately, to get him into the office of Hon. Charles Denison, who,
at the time, was one of the most prominent lawyers in Luzerne
county. Here he began his studies with a determination to suc-
ceed in the profession which he had chosen. Gifted with a natu-
ral love for the intricate details of the rather dry rudiments of,
the text-books, the ambitious student applied himself faithfully
to his task. It was a proud day for him when he first entered
court as a full fledged lawyer, and prouder yet when he was made
aware of the flattering opinions entertained for him by the exper-
ienced and critical minds who applauded his efforts, and prophe-
sied a brilliant future for him.

1304 Edgar Leroy Merriman.

One thing which aided Mr. Merriman in his earlier career was
the fact that he possessed a natural love for dignity, which led
him to seek his associates among the older and more experienced
members of the bar. He had an agreeable presence, and a bright,
breezy way with him that won the regard of his legal friends,
and all of them took a deep interest in his welfare, and were ever
ready with their superior wisdom to enlighten him on any ab-
struse questions which puzzled him.

In 1865 Mr. Merriman, after practicing about a year, had
gained many warm friends. The political conventions met that
year, and his ambition led him to seek the nomination for assem-
bly in his district. The young lawyer made every effort to ob-
tain it, but his youth appeared to be the barrier which frustrated
his desires. He did not get the nomination ; but, nothing
daunted, he applied himself more diligently to the labors of his
profession, and gradually enlarged his sphere of work until his
name became widely known and his practice more extended. Of
course, he shared thfe benefits of being a pupil and associate of
Mr. Denison, who aided him in every way possible.

In 1870 Mr. Merriman was elected district attorney on the
democratic ticket over Alexander Farnham, Esq. His election
to the position of district attorney, and the subsequent oppor-
tunities offered him to exhibit the rare abilities that he possessed,
gave him greater notoriety, and brought him still more promi-
nently before the public. At the conclusion of his term of office
he went back to his professional labors, and was followed by a
flattering patronage that brought to him fame and profit. In
187s Mr. Merriman was made chairman of the democratic county
committee, and on October 7, 1876, he was nominated by the
democratic convention, assembled in Wilkes-Barre, as their can-
didate for congress. After his nomination he devoted nearly all
of his time to the interests of his party, working night and day
for that purpose. He had planned' out an aggressive campaign,
and if he had been spared his eloquent voice would have been
heard throughout the length and breadth of Luzerne county in
defense of those principles which he loved, and for which, it may
be justly said, he sacrificed his young, hopeful, and honorable life.

Although Mr. Merriman was the very picture of health, those

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who knew him best were aware that he was a great sufferer from
internal disorders, arising from a diseased condition of the kid-
neys, heart, and liver, which were greatly aggravated under
mental or physical excitement. The strain upon Mr. Merriman's
nervous system after his nomination was calculated to inflame the
maladies to which he was subject, and though frequently warned
against undue excitement and overwork, he still persisted in
going on with his labors, notwithstanding that none knew better
than himself that he was liable to drop off at any moment. A
few days before his death he complained to his friends concern-
ing his condition, and though they advised him to retire a short
time from the more exciting efforts of the campaign, he failed to
act upon their suggestions until it was too late, and on Thursday
evening, August 31, he went home to his family in great distress.
He retired at once, and his physician was summoned, who, being
acquainted with his disorders, applied the usual restoratives. On
Friday he was much worse, and other physicians were called in
consultation. They all felt that their patient's case was a hope-
less one, but they labored hard to relieve him from the terrible
agonies which he was enduring. Everything that skill and ex-
perience could suggest was brought into requisition, but Mr.
Merriman's condition defied the united efforts put forth to restore
him, and he continued to suffer and groan until early Sabbath
morning, when death mercifully stepped in to relieve him of his
agony.

Mr. Merriman was thoroughly conscious until a short time
before his death. On Saturday morning Dr. Murphy informed
him that there was no hope, that his death was simply a question
of endurance. Mr. Merriman comprehended the. awful signifi-
cance of his physician's information, and replied that he knew he
could not live; but it was reserved for him to say farewell to the
wife and children whom he dearly loved, and to a few personal
friends gathered around his dying bed. They watched his strug-
gles as he neared the dark river, and their hearts were made
sadder because of the brave spirit which was yielding itself up in
the agonies of physical torture.

Upon the minds of his legal brethren the news of Mr. Merri-
man's death fell like a thunderbolt, and when they remembered

1306 Conrad Sax Stark.

that his voice would be heard no more, that the breast which
heaved with generous impulses was stilled forever, that the bright
eye was dimmed, that the eloquent lips were mute and motion-
less, the light step palsied, and the great heart of their associate
locked in the cold and callous embrace of the dread destroyer,
they could utter nothing but sighs, and sink back into a dreamy
review of the past, and send out to their dead friend the incense
of generous recollections. On May 17, 1866, Mr. Merriman
married Ruth Lewis, the daughter of the late Sharp D. Lewis,
an old and respected resident of Wilkes-Barre. He died Sun-
day, September 3, 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Merriman had a family of
three children — Edgar Leroy Merriman, Lewis S. Merriman, and
Joseph Ross Merriman. Mrs. Merriman has since married Rev.
Charles S. M. Stewart, an Episcopalian minister of Whitestone,
N. Y.

CONRAD SAX STARK.

Conrad Sax Stark was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county.
Pa., November 30, 1864. He was the great-grandson of Aaron
Stark, who fell in the battle and massacre of Wyoming. His
grandfather was Daniel Stark, and his father was John D. Stark, of
Pittston township, in this county. (See pages 389 and 566.) C.
S. Stark was born in what is now Plains township, in this county,
April 12, 1836. He entered Wyoming seminary, at Kingston,
Pa., in 1854, and afterwards the New York Conference seminary.
He graduated from Union college, at Schenectady, N. Y., in the
class of i860. Before, during, and after his college course he
taught school successively at Old Forge, Newton, Pittston, White
Haven, in the state of Maryland, and for a while was one of the
professors at Wyoming seminary. He studied law with W. G.
Ward, at Scranton, and commenced the practice of his profession
at Pittston. For fifteen years he had a large and increasing prac-
tice, enjoying in a remarkable degree and without abatement the
confidence and esteem of those who did business with him. He
established the People's Savings bank of Pittston. Largely under
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and reliable institution: In the Methodist Episcopal church, of
West Pittston, he was a charter member, trustee, and secretary
of the board of trustees. He was also one of its Sabbath school
teachers. He married, in early life, Georgia Mosier, a daugh-
ter of the late Daniel D. Mosier, of West Pittston. (See page
450.) C. S. Stark died at West Pittston March 26, 1880. He
left to survive him his widow and three children — Edgar W.
Stark, now a law student in the University of Pennsylvania ; John
Stark, and C. S. Stark.

PHILIP THOMAS MYERS.

Philip Thomas Myers, who was admitted to the bar of Lu-
zerne county, Pa., January 6, 1865, was a native of Kingston, Pa.,
where he was born May 7, 1839. His father, Madison F. Myers,
was a native of Frederick county, Maryland, in which state he
was born and reared, and where he- resided until the autumn of
1835. His mother was Harriet Myers, youngest daughter of
Philip and Martha Bennett Myers, of Forty Fort. Martha Ben-
nett, his maternal grandmother, was a daughter of Thomas Ben-
nett, one of the original settlers of Wyoming, and one of the
forty men who constructed the fort after which Forty Fort took
its name. P. T. Myers was educated at Wyoming seminary,
Kingston, and studied law in this city with Stanley' Woodward.
He practiced very little on account of ill health, the result of an
accidental shot. Before this accident he was a young man of
prominence and ability, and bid fair for a long life of usefulness.
He died, February 13, 1878, at Kingston. His sister married
the late Hon. A. J. Weaver, of Iowa. He was an unmarried man.

WILLIAM F. CASE.

William F. Case was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county.
Pa., February 20, 1865. He had an office in Shickshinny, in this
county. His widow subsequently married Luther M. Chase, of
this city.

1308 Isaac Joseph Post.

ISAAC JOSEPH POST.

Isaac Joseph Post, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county, Pa., April 30, 1866, was a descendant of Richard Post,
whose name first appears on the records of Southampton, Long
Island, New York, in May 1643, when a home lot was granted
to him by the proprietors. In 168 1 he is recorded as giving land
to his son John, and in 1687 he gave land to his son Joseph. In
1688 he gave his homestead in Littleworth to his son-in-law,
Benjamin Foster, and his daughter Martha, the wife of Benjamin
Foster, and the last two were to provide for the wants of himself
and his wife so long as they lived. He died about 1689. His
wife's name was Dorothy. He had a son John, who died in 1687.
He had a son Captain John, born in 1674. Captain John Post
died March 3, 1741. He had a son Isaac, born 1712, and died
May 8, 1785. He had a son Isaac, who died about 1788. He
had a son Isaac, born August 12, 1784, at Southampton. He
came to Montrose, Pa., with his stepfather, Captain Bartlet Hinds,
an officer of the revolution, originally from Boston, who came
into what is now Montrose in 1800, as an owner and agent of
lands for ex-Governor Huntington, of Connecticut, under the
title of that state. During the first years after the arrival of the
first family of settlers in Montrose, Isaac Post was the mill boy,
and often went down to the mouth of the Wyalusing on horse-
back after flour and provisions. He was also the cowboy and
hunter; was depended upon mostly for venison, was acknowl-
edged to be the best woodsman — surest to keep the points of the
compass and find his way home from the chase. He chopped
some acres of forest in the upper part of his place before any of
the family discovered it, and when it was discovered Captain
Hinds supposed some squatter had been trespassing upon his
premises. Young Post had done this by hiding his axe ; then tak-
ing a gun, as if on a hunt, he would go to his chopping. As he
often brought venison home at night no one suspected his busi-
ness. He chopped down the first tree in Montrose ; helped
build the first log house, in 1800; built the first frame house in
1 806; the first store and the first blacksmith shop; was the first post-

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master in 1808. He also built the first turnpike, 181 1-18 14; ran the
first stage ; was the first treasurer of the county. He passed
through military grades fi-om ensign to major, and from 181 1 to
1 8 14 was brigade inspector, and as such had charge of the Danville
expedition. He built the academy in 1818 ; the Baptist meeting
house in 1829; was a member of the state legislature in 1828
and 1829, and associate judge of Susquehanna county from 1834
to 1843. He was baptized into the Bridgewater Baptist church
in 1810. In 1814 he was challenged by a recruiting officer,
Lieutenant Findley, to fight a duel. He did not signify his accept-
ance, but Findley, on being told he could shoot a rooster's head
off with a pistol, backed down and asked pardon. He gave the
county all of the public grounds and half of the lots as marked
on the first town plot. There was not, during his life, a public
improvement in which he did not have a prominent part as orig-
- inator or promoter. He was a prominent republican (as the dem-
ocrats were originally called), and in 181 7 was a delegate from
Susquehanna county to the convention at Harrisburg that nom-
inated William Findley for governor. When in the legislature he
secured the passage of an act making Susquehanna county a
separate election district, when he knew this would defeat his
reelection. He married his stepsister, Susana Hinds. Her
father, Bartlet Hinds, was born at Middleboro, Massachusetts,
April 4, 1755. He was baptized into the Middleboro Baptist
church when about sixteen years of age by his father, Elder
Ebenezer Hinds, then its pastor, and was the first Baptist church
member that came into the county. He had served as a soldier,
as private and first lieutenant, and was brevetted captain in the
revolutionary army. He was shot through the left lung at the
taking of Burgoyne ; was one of the "forlorn hope," claiming to
having had command of the detachment at the storming of Stony
Point, and first proclaimed "the fort is our own ;" served to the
end of the war, after being wounded, in castle duty. He had a
diploma entitling him to membership in the society of the Cin-
cinatti, formed by officers of the army at the close of the revo-
lution. For at least a dozen years after Captain Hinds brought
his family to Luzerne (now Susquehanna) county the place was
known as the Hinds settlement. He was the first justice of the

1310 George Palmer Steele.

peace. His age, his experience, his native shrewdness and en-
ergy of character, and his piety withal fitted him for a pioneer
and a prominent actor in all that pertained to the civil and relig-
ious interests of a new county. He was greatly valued as a
counsellor and faithful adviser. He died October 11, 1822.
Rev. Albert L. Post, a Baptist minister, was a son of Isaac Post.
His wife was Eleanor Williams, a daughter of Joseph Williams,
of Pierstown, Otsego county, N. Y., who located in Susquehanna
county in 1809. Isaac J. Post was a son of Rev. A. L. Post.
He was born at Montrose June 21, 1837, and graduated from
Yale college in the class of i860. He read law with William
and W. H. Jessup, and was admitted to the Susquehanna county
bar January 20, 1862. Soon after his admission he entered the
army and remained in the service about a year. He then accept-
ed a position under the solicitor of the treasury department at
Washington. His salary was eighteen hundred dollars a year.
He acted there in many intricate cases of litigation for the gov-
ernment, being often detailed to settle large disputed claims.
He remained in that position until 1866. He then went to Scran-
ton and became a member of the law firm of Hand (Alfred) &
Post. He married, June 23, 1868, Eliza B. Todd, daughter of I.
M. Todd, of the state of New York. Mr. Post died July 10,
1885. Two children survived him — Albert Todd Post and Charles
Joseph Post. Mrs. Post resides at Montrose.

THOMAS COLLINS.

Thomas Collins was commissioned an associate judge of Lu-
zerne county. Pa., November 9, 1866. He resided in Dunmore,
and had a son, Francis D. Collins, a member of the Luzerne
county bar. (See page 905.)

GEORGE PALMER STEELP:.

George Palmer Steele, who was commissioned an associate
judge of Luzerne county, Pa., November 9, 1866, was a grand-
son of Peter Steele, a native of New Buffalo, Perry county. Pa.

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He removed to Northumberland, then to Hanover, in this county,
prior to 1790. He lived on the river road below the red
tavern, and died there in 1823. He had a son, Joseph Steele,
born in Perry county in 1773, who came to Hanover with his
father's family. His wife was Sarah Ransom. (See page 384.)
George P. Steele was born in Hanover in 1801. He was a son
of Joseph Steele. He was sheriff of Luzerne county from 1S41
to 1844, and represented this county in the senate of Pennsylva-
nia from 1856 to 1859. His first wife was Susan B. Crisman, a
daughter of Abram Crisman, a son of Frederick Crisman, who
came to Hanover as early as 1788 and built the red tavern. She
died in 1847. They had two children — one, a daughter, became
the first wife of F. J. Leavenworth, and the second, a son, Har-
rison Steele. They are both deceased. George P. Steele mar-
ried, for his second wife, Mrs. Lydia Doak [nee Eldridge.) She
was the daughter of Robert Eldridge, a native of New London,
Connecticut. George Palmer Steele, of Pittston, is the sole sur-
viving issue of this marriage. Mr. Steele, during his life time,
was principally engaged in hotel keeping. He erected the Lu-
zerne house, at the corner of the public square in this city, which
was known for years as Steele's hotel. He sold the same to Ziba
Bennett, when the name was changed to the Luzerne house. Mr.
Steele died in 1870.

GEORGE THOMAS SMITH.

George Thomas Smith, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county, Pa., April 3, 1867, was a son of the late Thomas Smith,
of Waverly, Pa. (See page 871.) He was born at Waverly,
in 1844, and was educated at Madison academy and the Har-
vard law school, Cambridge, Mass. Mr. Smith, at the age of
nineteen, took a position in one of the government depart-
ments at Washington, D. C, which he held some three years,
leaving it to enter Harvard law school. He also held a commis-
sion in the signal corps of the army, from which he was hon-

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orably discharged. He read law in this city with A. T. McClin-
tock, and practiced here until his death, September 4, 1 871. He
married, in 1867, Louise Palmer, a daughter of the late Gideon
W. Palmer, of Glenburn, Pa. (See page 194.) She still survives
him. Mr. and Mrs. Smith had a family of two children — Edith
Smith and George Palmer Smith. George T. Smith was a brother
of Andrew J. Smith, of the Luzerne bar.

JOSEPH H. CAMPBELL.

Joseph H. Campbell, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county, Pa., November 12, 1867, was a son of Robert Campbell
and his wife Catharine Mettler, a daughter of William Mettler.
J. H. Campbell was a native of Rush township, Northumberland
county, Pa., where he was born July 8, 1829. He was educated
in the common schools of his neighborhood and at Lewisburg
university. He also engaged in teaching in his young man-
hood. He married, October 22, 1855, Mary Reed, a daughter
of Jacpb Reed and his wife, Maria Jones, a daughter of John
Jones and Margaret Rockefeller, his wife. They were natives of
New Jersey. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Camp-
bell — Howard H. Campbell, a member of the Lackawanna county
bar; Mary Gertrude Campbell, and George B. Campbell. Mr.
Campbell read law with Judge Jordan, of Northumberland county,
and Judge Cooper, of Montour county, and was admitted to the
Montour county bar, at Danville, Pa., September 20, 1858. In
1861 he was elected district attorney of Montour county for a
term of three years, and in 1864 was reelected for a similar term.
Shortly after the expiration of the latter term he removed to
Scranton, where he practiced until his death, August 7, 1888.

ROWLAND METCALF KIDDER.

Rowland Metcalf Kidder was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county, Pa., April 27, 1868. He was the son of Lyman Church
Kidder, who was the son of Luther Kidder and Phebe Kidder,

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his wife. (See page 1175) L. C. Kidder was born in Waterford,
Vermont, April 18, 1802. He died December 10, 1850, in Janes-
ville, Wisconsin. He followed the occupation of a surveyor. He
was a member of Company I, First Regiment Pennsylvania Vol-
unteers, commanded by Captain E. L. Dana, in the Mexican war.
He married, March 27, 1825, Mary Dana, born June 16, 1808,
in Wilkes-Barre, who died March 17, 1861. She was the
daughter of Anderson and Mary (Stevens) Dana. Hon. Luther
Kidder, who was a member of the bar of Luzerne county, was a
brother of Lyman Church Kidder. Rowland Metcalf Kidder,
son of Lyman Church Kidder and Mary Kidder, his wife, was
born July 3, 1842, in Wilkes-Barre. At the age of eighteen years
he enlisted in the Sixth Regiment of Pennsylvania Cavalry at the
breaking out of the war ; was detailed for service as an orderly
at army headquarters, and occupied that position during the
period of General Hooker's command of the army of the Poto-
mac ; was near General Hooker when the latter was wounded at
the battle of Chancellorsville. His own horse was killed by a
shot at about the same time the general was struck. He was
present and behaved with marked coolness and courage in most
of the battles in which the army of the Potomac was engaged,
and also in the different raids, scouts and skirmishes in which his
regiment participated. He was wounded at the battle of Gettys-
burg, but soon recovered so as to rejoin his regiment, and at the
battle of Spottsylvania, in June, 1864, was taken prisoner and
confined at Andersonville until the close of the war. After re-
turning home he studied law with his brother, Clarence Porter
Kidder, in Wilkes-Barre. He removed to Colorado in July,
1868. He became deputy United States surveyor for the territory
of New Mexico, and surveyed a large portion of the territory,
located many mines, laid out several towns, and did considerable
railroad work. He died (unmarried) at Silver City December 25,
1 874.

ISAAC SMITH OSTERHOUT.

Isaac Smith Osterhout was commissioned, February 9, 1870,
by Governor Geary, an associate judge of Luzerne county. Pa.,

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to fill a vacancy caused by the death of George Palmer Steele.
The Osterhouts, as their name indicates, came originally from
Holland. They settled first in Connecticut, whence they re-
moved to Dover, Dutchess county, N. Y. Jeremiah Osterhout,
grandfather of Isaac S. Osterhout, removed from Dover in 1778
and settled at or near Tunkhannock, where he assisted in organ-
izing the township of Putnam, one of the seventeen townships
set apart to claimants under the^Connecticut title. Isaac Oster-
hout, son of Jeremiah Osterhout, and the father of Isaac S. Oster-
hout, subsequently settled at a point now known as Lagrange,
Wyoming county, Pa., where he engaged in merchandise and
lumbering, and for some years kept a house for the accommoda-
tion of strangers and travelers. He married, at Old Forge,
Susanna Smith, a daughter of William Hooker Smith. (See
page 219.) The forge was originally built by Mr. Smith, but his
son-in-law. Colonel Napthali Hurlbut, ran it at this time. I. S.
Osterhout's mother was born in a house which formerly stood at
the corner of Northampton and Franklin streets, on the lot
owned and occupied by him at the time of his death, and now
owned by G. W. Guthrie, M. D. The house Isaac S. Osterhout
built and occupied at Lagrange is said to have been the first
frame house erected between Pittston and Athens. This house
is yet standing. Here I. S. Osterhout was born, October 26,
1806. In 18 10 his father moved some three miles up the river,
in 1 818 to Black Walnut, and in 1822 to the Provost farm, six
miles above Tunkhannock, where he died June 27, 1824. He
had, prior to his death, a share in the Hunt's ferry shad fishery.
About 1820 I. S. Osterhout took a load of shad, salted in barrels,
to Salina, N. Y., to exchange them for salt. Mr. Kinney accom-
panying him took a load of whetstones. The trip was made in
sleighs and occupied two weeks. The shad found a ready sale,
but the whetstones were disposed of with much difificulty and at
a sacrifice. When I. S. Osterhout was twelve years of age he
was sent to school at the Kingston academy. In 1823 he came
to Wilkes-Barre and engaged as clerk with Denison, McCoy &
Davenport, who had a store on River street, where the Wyoming
valley house now stands. He remained with them about a year,
when he returned to Tunkhannock and engaged with Beach Tut-

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tie, who was then in business there. In 1824 he went to Elmira,
N. Y., and remained there until 1830, clerking for Tuttle &
Covell. He then came to Kingston and clerked for Gaylord &
Reynolds, and remained with them nearly a year. In the latter
part of the last named year he came to Wilkes-Barre and entered
into partnership in the mercantile business with his cousin, Whit-
ney Smith. This partnership continued until 1834, when it was
dissolved, and the business thereafter was continued by Mr.
Osterhout alone. As an evidence of enhancement of values in
Wilkes-Barre, it may be remarked that the premises occupied,
now owned by H. Lowenstein, embraced thirty feet on Main
street and fifty feet on the public square, with suitable space in
the rear, and the rent was but thirty dollars a year. In 1837 Mr.
Osterhout purchased of Rev. George Lane, for the sum of three
thousand dollars, the valuable property still owned by the estate,
comprising a frontage of one hundred feet on the northwest side
of the public square, on which there was then a house and two
stores. Mr. Osterhout continued in the mercantile business until
1859. He had, after years of toil and industry skillfully directed,
acquired an ample competency. He held the offices of secretary
and treasurer of the HoUenback cemetery at the time of his death,
and most of the time from its organization in 1854. He was also
at the lime of his death secretary and treasurer of the Wilkes-
Barre water company, and had been from its inception. He was
also at the time of his death, and had been for thirty years, the
secretary and treasurer of the Wyoming Athenaeum. On Janu-
ary 29, 1840, Mr. Osterhout married Elizabeth C. Lee, only
daughter of Hon. Thomas Lee, of Port Elizabeth, Cumberland
county, N. J., who was a prominent and highly respected citizen
of that place, and represented the district in the congress of the
United States. I. S. Osterhout died in Wilkes-Barre April 12,
1882, and his wife April 28, 1887. They left no children. His
munificent bequest to the city for the founding and support of a
free library, and his large donations for christian and charitable
objects, entitle him to be ranked and remembered as its leading
and most liberal benefactor. The accumulations of a long life
of industry and economy were devoted by him to the highest
welfare — the moral and intellectual culture of the citizens of the

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town in which most of that life was passed and in which those
accumulations were made. His estate, which was bequeathed
to the founding of the library, amounted to about four hundred
thousand dollars. We herewith give the provisions of the will
for the maintenance and management of said library :

"And I hereby give, bequeath, and devise all the rest and resi-
due of my estate, real, personal, and mixed, to Hubbard B. Payne,
of Kingston, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, Lewis C. Paine, Ed-
ward P. Darling, Edmund L. Dana (since deceased, vacancy filled
by the election of Charles M. Conyngham), Harrison Wright
(since deceased, vacancy filled by the election of Andrew F. Derr),
Andrew H. McClintock, and Sheldon Reynolds, all of the city of
Wilkes-Barre, in said county, and the survivors or survivor of
them, and their heirs and the heirs of the survivor of them, in
TRUST, nevertheless, to be held, appropriated, and used to and for
the use and purpose of founding, establishing, and perpetuating
in the said city of Wilkes-Barre a free library — the said residuary
estate to be held and managed by my executors, hereinafter
named, for five years from the time of my death, to accumulate,
and the income of my said residuary estate for said five years to
be added to said residuary estate, and the whole to be then used
for and devoted to the establishing and maintaining in said city
a free library, as aforesaid, to be called "The Osterhout Free
Library," and the whole residuary estate aforesaid, with the
accumulations thereof, to be then conveyed and passed over by the
said trustees, or their survivors and successors, to an incorpora-
tion, to be procured by the said trustees, or their survivors and
successors, and named "The Osterhout Free Library," of
which the said seven trustees, or, in case of the death of any of
them, the survivors, and such person or persons as shall be named
by the survivors in the place of any of said trustees that may be
deceased at the time of such incorporation being obtained, and
the rector of St. Stephen's church, of Wilkes-Barre, and the
pastor of the First Presbyterian church, of Wilkes-Barre, and
their respective successors, shall be the directors, making a board
of nine directors, the said rector and pastor and their respective
successors to be ex officio members of said board, and in case of
death, resignation, or removal beyond the county of Luzerne of
any of the first mentioned seven directors, the remaining direc-
tors of said board shall fill all such vacancies as may from time
to time occur, the said board to elect one of their number presi-
dent, and one of their number secretary and treasurer for such
term as may be fixed by the by-laws adopted by said board, and
such other officers and employees as the said board shall find

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necessary and provide for under the by-laws that may from time
to time be adopted. And in case there is any difficulty or delay
in procuring, within five years from the time of my death, an act
of incorporation such as I have recommended to be obtained, I
hereby direct, authorize, and empower my said seven trustees, or
the survivors of them, and such person or persons as such sur-
vivors may appoint to fill any vacancies from death, resignation,
or removal from the county of Luzerne (which appointments I
hereby authorize and empower a majority of my said trustees to
make), to establish such free library, to be called "The Oster-
hout Free Library," on such foundation and under such rules
and tegulations for the government thereof as they may adopt,
to use and appropriate such portion of my said residuary estate
and the accumulations thereof as they may consider judicious
and proper in the erection and furnishing of a proper and suit-
able building for the said library, and the future requirements
thereof, upon any lot owned by me in said city of Wilkes-Barre
which they may select, or for the purchase of a suitable lot for
such building in such location as they may consider best adapted
for such building, at their discretion, and to use and appropriate
such other portion of my said residuary estate and the accumu-
lations thereof as they may decide upon to the purchase and pro-
curement of books, maps, charts, and such other articles and
things suitable for such library as they may deem proper and ap-
propriate for a library, and to reserve, invest, and manage such
other and remaining portion of my said residuary estate and the
accumulations thereof to constitute a permanent fund, the income
of which to be used and applied to the purpose of extending and
increasing such library and defraying the necessary expenses of
employing a librarian, and such other officers as may be found
necessary, and of lighting, heating, and keeping open said library.
And I hereby fully authorize and empower my said tru.stees and
their successors to take such action in regard to the establishing
and maintaining such library as they may judge fit and best, hav-
ing in view the growth, preservation, permanency, and general
usefulness of such library.

"And in case an act of incorporation is obtained for the afore-
said free library, I recommend an insertion of a provision that
the directors named therein, as herein designated, shall from time
to time fill all vacancies that may arise in their board by death,
resignation, or removal from the county of Luzerne, by an elec-
tion by the remainder of said board of suitable person or per-
sons to fill all such vacancies as may from time to time occur in
said board, and that in case of failure to fill any vacancies for
three months, the president judge of the court of common pleas

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for Luzerne county shall appoint a suitable person or persons to
fill such vacancies, until such proper election be held to fill such
vacancies ; my will and desire being that this trust shall not fail,
and that the proper courts of said county shall have full power
and authority to direct in regard to the proper application of this
trust, so that my residuary estate and the accumulations thereof
shall be used for and applied to the purpose to which it is hereby
devoted, and my will is and I hereby direct that my said trustees,
or their successors, or in case an incorporation is obtained, the
directors thereof, may and shall, as soon after the expiration of
five years from my death as they conveniently can, erect a suit-
able building for such free library in such location within" the
city of Wilkes-Barre as a majority may select, and of such size,
style, and arrangement as a majority may decide upon, and on
such lot as such majority select from lots owned by me, or may
purchase and have conveyed to the corporation, if an incorpora-
tion shall have been obtained, or if not, to the proper then exist-
ing trustees, and when such suitable building is completed may
and shall purchase and procure and place therein proper and
suitable books and reading matter, for the establishment of a
useful and desirable free library, under rules and regulations to
be adopted for the government thereof, reserving, however, such
portion of my residuary estate hereby devised, so that the income
thereof shall be amply sufficient to secure the services of a per-
manent and suitable librarian, janitor, and such other officers as
may be found necessary to keep such free library open and prop-
erly arranged, seated, warmed, and lighted for the free use of all
persons seeking access thereto, under the rules and regulations
adopted for the government thereof, and to increase the said
library by the purchase and addition from time to time of such
suitable books and reading matter as will render said free library
most useful and improving to those that may resort thereto and
avail themselves of the benefits thereof

"And my will is and I further direct that in the erection and
arrangement of the building hereby authorized, the same shall
be so constructed that in addition to the space required for the
accommodation of said free library and the increase thereof as
hereinbefore provided for, a portion of said building shall be de-
voted to the use and accommodation of the Wyoming Historical
and Geological society, without charge for rent, heat, or light of
the rooms that may be devoted to and used for the purposes of
said society ; my said trustees, and their successors, or the direc-
tors of said free library, to designate the portion of said building
to be used by said society, and to have the general control and
supervision of said building. * * * *

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"And I further authorize my aforesaid trustees and the sur-
vivors of them, and the successors of any vacancies, or the di-
rectors of the corporation, if such be obtained, at their discretion,
to organize and estabUsh a course of free lectures on some scien-
tific or literary subject, or some other useful and improving subject
calculated to interest and improve those who may attend thereon,
not, however, to expend upon such course of lectures in any one
year a sum exceeding two thousand dollars, and only when the
income reserved for the increase of the library will bear the ex-
penditure for such course without detriment to or interfering
with the proper use and increase of the library, which I declare
to be the main purpose to which I desire to devote my said resid-
uary estate.

"And I further authorize my aforesaid trustees, and the sur-
vivors of them, and the successors of any vacancies, or the di-
rectors as aforesaid, to accept any gift, bequest, or devise of
books, money, or property for the use of said free library, and to
furnish shelves to be occupied by the books given or purchased
with the proceeds of any such gift, bequest, or devise, and when
the books donated or purchased are sufficient to fill an alcove or
considerable space, to designate and mark such alcove or space
with the name of the donor. In case of gifts of books, however,
those in legal charge of said library shall determine whether the
books offered as a gift are of such character as may be poper
and suitable, and if in their judgment such books, or any of them,
are not of such character, they shall reject the same ; and all
moneys and property bequeathed or devised to said library shall
be expended by and be entirely under the control of those legal-
ly in charge of said library, to be by them devoted to the best
interests thereof"

JABEZ ALSOVER.

Jabez Alsover, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county.
Pa., May 3, 1870, was a native of Easton, Pa., where he was born
September 26, 1843. He studied law in Mauch Chunk, Pa., with
Daniel Kalbfus, and soon after his admission to the Carbon
county bar removed to Hazleton, in this county, where he resided
up to the time of his death. During the late civil war he served
in the three months' service under Captain Horn, and afterwards

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enlisted for three years, and was discharged from the Frederick
City (Maryland) hospital after a service of two years. At the
time of Jiis death, December 2, 1878, he was one of the attorneys
of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, and also of several coal
companies, and in addition had a large private practice. He
married, in Mauch Chunk, in 1865, Hannah Dodson.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PFOUTS.

Benjamin Franklin Pfouts was commissioned an associate judge
of Luzerne county. Pa., November 9, 1870. He is a descendant
of John Pfoutz, who was the first settler, in 1755, in what is now
Pfoutz's valley. Perry county. Pa. He was the first considerable
land owner, hence had the honor of giving his name to the
valley. Leonard Pfouts, son of John Pfoutz, was born at Berry's
Falls, Perry county, Pa., January 18, 1774. The wife of Leonard
Pfouts was Nancy Covenhoven (pronounced Cronover), a daugh-
ter of Robert Covenhoven. He was born, of Dutch parents, in
Monmouth county, N. J., December 7, 1755. He was much em-
ployed during his youth as a hunter and axeman to the surveyors
of land in the valleys tributary to the north and west branches of
the Susquehanna. The familiarity thus acquired with all the
paths of that vast wilderness rendered his services eminently
useful as a scout and guide to the military parties of the revo-
lution, which commenced about the time of his arrival at man-
hood. It is unnecessary to say that the graduate of such a school
was fearless and intrepid, that he was skilled in the wiles of In-
dian warfare, and that he possessed an iron constitution. With
these qualifications, at the call of his country in 1776 he joined
the campaigns under General Washington. He was at the bat-
tles of Trenton and Princeton. His younger brother had also
enlisted, but his father took his place, and the general, with his
characteristic kindness, permitted the boy to return and protect
his mother. In the spring of 1777 Robert returned to his home
on the West Branch, where his services were more needed by the

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defenceless frontier than on the sea coast. Mr. Covenhoven was
one of those men who were always put forward when danger and
hard work were to be encountered, but forgotten when honors and
emoluments were to be distributed. Nevertheless, he cheerfully
sought the post of danger, and never shrank from duty, although
it might -be in an humble station. Few men passed through more
hairbreadth escapes, few encountered more personal perils in
deadly encounters with savages than Mr. Covenhoven. He was
very useful to General Sullivan as a spy and a guide up the
North Branch in 1779 to the Indian country. It is said that he
was in the unfortunate company commanded by Lieutenant
Boyd, and was one among the few that escaped the dreadful -mas-
sacre. When the din of battle ceased and peace was restored to
the land, Covenhoven came and settled permanently on the West
Branch. He resided there until declining age admonished him
to relinquish the pursuits of the agriculturist and seek a more
quiet and sedate life. For a part of the time he resided with
Colonel George Crane, near Jersey Shore, Pa., and the other part
in the family of Leonard Pfouts, another son-in-law, near North-
umberland, Pa, where he died October 29, 1849. He lies buried
in the graveyard at Northumberland.

B. F. Pfouts, son of Leonard and Nancy Pfouts, was born at
Jersey Shore, Pa., April 12, 1809. He was educated at Rev.
John Hayes Grier's private school in his native place. Prior to
his removal to this county he was deputy sheriff in Northumber-
land county. During the years 1857, 1858 and 1859 he was one
of the commissioners of Luzerne county. Judge Pfouts died in
Hanover January 6, 1874. He married, February 5, 1841,
Mary Frances Sively. She is the daughter of George Sively, a
native of Easton, Pa., where he was born April 30, 1789. He
died in Hanover township, in this county, February 5, 1854. He
was the son of George Sively, M. D., who came to this country
from Germany when a young man. His wife was Jane Bald-
win, whom he married in Philadelphia. He was a surgeon in
the French army. He died near Easton December 12, 181 2.
The mother of Mrs. Pfouts was Frances Stewart, a daughter of
Lieutenant Lazarus Stewart, jr. He was born in Lancaster
county, Pa.; married Dorcas Hopkins; came to Hanover with

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his cousin, Captain Lazarus Stewart, about 1770; was lieutenant
of the Hanover company; was in the battle and massacre of
Wyoming, and was killed there July 3, 1778. He was the son
of Alexander Stewart, who was the son of Lazarus Stewart, the
emigrant. Judge Pfouts left to survive him one son — George
Sively Pfouts, who was born in Hanover March 5, 1842. His
first wife was Emma Quick, a daughter of Thomas Quick. She
died February 23, 1873. He has since married Fanny A. Eck-
rote, a daughter of Peter A. Eckrote.

DENNIS ALEXANDER McQUILLAN.

Dennis Alexander McQuillan, who was admitted to the bar of
Luzerne county. Pa., June 21, 1871, was a native of Wilkes-
Barre, where he was born September 25, 1846. His father, Den-
nis McQuillan, for some years a school director of this city, was
born in Cork, Ireland. His mother, Elizabeth McQuillan {tiee
McDonald) was born in county Louth, Ireland. D. A. McQuil-
lan was educated in the public schools of this city, Dana's acad-
emy, and Yale college, graduating from the latter institution in
the class of 1869. He read law with Stanley Woodward, and
practiced in this city until 1872, when he removed to Portland,
Conn., where he practiced his profession until his death, Septem-
ber 4, 1886. He married, August 27, 1879, Kate McKinley, a
daughter of Archibald McKinley, a native of county Antrim,
Ireland. Her mother, Eliza McKinley {nee Anderson) was born
in the same place. Mr. and Mrs. McQuillan have had three
children, Charles McQuillan being the only one who survives.

WESLEY S. WILMARTH.

Wesley S. Wilmarth, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county. Pa., October 16, 1871, was a native of Harford, Susque-
hanna county, Pa., where he was born October 7, 1834. He

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worked as a boy and man on his father's farm, and subsequently
entered the law office of W. H. Jessup, at Montrose, with a view
of fitting himslf for the legal profession. When the late civil
war broke out he was about one of the first to enter the service.
At the close of the war he returned to Montrose, and subse-
quently came to Scranton in 1870, when he entered the law
office of Hand & Post, and there completed his studies. He died
in Scranton May 8, 1875, leaving a widow to survive him.

WILLIAM VANDERBELT MYERS.

William Vanderbelt Myers, who was admitted to the bar of
Luzerne county. Pa., February 13, 1872, was a son of the late
Thomas Myers (see page 650) and Elizabeth C. Myers {nee Van-
derbelt), his wife. He was born in Kingston May 31, 1850. He
was educated at Saunders Institute, Philadelphia, and read law
in this city with T. H. B. Lewis. He died September 24, 1874.
He was an unmarried man.

JAMES BRYSON.

James Bryson, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county,
Pa., March 21, 1872, was a native of Minersville, Pa. He read
law in Columbia county, and was admitted to the bar there in
December, 1869. He was district attorney of Columbia county
while residing there. He was a son of John and Catharine
(Gorrell) Bryson, natives of Ireland, who, coming to this coun-
try, were married in Philadelphia, from whence they removed to
Minersville. The mother died at Harrison, Schuylkill county.
Pa., but the father is still living and resides in Philadelphia. Mr.
Bryson practiced law in Hazleton for a number of years, and in
1879 w^s the candidate, for district attorney of Luzerne county

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on the labor ticket, but was defeated by Alfred Darte, the candi-
date of the republican party. He died at Philipsburg, Pa., in
1887. Hon. William Bryson, of Centralia, Pa., was his brother.

IVAN THOMAS RUTH.

Ivan Thomas Ruth was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county.
Pa., October 28, 1872. He was a native of Forestville, Bucks
county, Pa., where he was born June 18, 1847. He was the son
of Jesse Ruth, a native of Montgomery county, Pa., where he
was born in 18 10. I. T. Ruth was educated in his native county
and at Millersville, Pa., normal school, from which he graduated
in 1866. He read law with George Lear, at Doylestown,' Pa.,
where he was first admitted to practice. While following his
profession in this county he resided at Scranton. He subse-
quently removed to Delmar, Iowa, where he died November 19,
1878. He was an unmarried man.

EUGENE W. SIMRELL.

Eugene W. Simrell was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county.
Pa., June 4, 1874. His great-grandfather, William Simrell, emi-
grated with his family from Ireland and settled in Rhode Island.
His grandfather, Nathaniel Simrell, son of William Simrell, was
born in Rhode Island ; married Lydia Wall ; moved from Rhode
Island and settled in Scott township, Luzerne (now Lackawanna)
county, about the year 1800. Warren W. Simrell, son of Na-
thaniel Simrell and father of E, W. Simrell, was born in Scott
township, and married Frances C. Decker, daughter of Stephen
and Louisa (Giddings) Decker. E. W. Simrell was born in Scott
township October 3, 185 1. He received his education in the
common schools of Scott township, Gardner's commercial school.

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Scranton, Wyoming seminary, and at the Bloomsburg and Mans-
field normal schools. In 1873 he entered the Albany, N. Y.,
law school, fi-om which institution he graduated in 1874 with the
degree of LL. B. He opened a law office in Scranton the same
year. In 1875 he was appointed by the United States Circuit
Court a commissioner for the western district of Pennsylvania,
which position he held up to 1880. In 1879 he was elected dis-
trict attorney of Lackawanna county. He was a married man.

HARRISON WRIGHT.

[The following biographical sketch of Harrison Wright was read befor e the
Wyoming Historical and Geological Society May 8, 1885, by George B. Kulp,
Esq., Historiographer. We insert it entire.]

"Yea, hope and despondency, pleasure and pain,
We mingle together in sunshine and rain;
And the smiles and the tears, the songs and the dirge.
Still follow each other like surge upon surge."

At the last regular meeting of this organization Harrison
Wright sat with us, to all outward appearances in the full bloom
of perfect health. His unselfishly ambitious love for the pursuits
coming within the scope of this organization, making it impossi-
ble for us, during years past, to think of the organization without
thinking of him as its most ardent friend and principal sustainer,
was apparent in almost everything done at that meeting and
noted in the minutes of its proceedings which have just been read
to us. He was then as hopeful and enthusiastic as he was active
and energetic. In every project the society looked to him, often
for leadership, always for generous and important assistance. His
natural talent for historical research, perfected by most careful
cultivation, was in demand to elucidate the numerous subjects, in
the examination and exposition of which this society zealously
aims to be a careful student and intelligent teacher. We were
with him then, and depending upon him then, as we had been
with him and dependent upon him a hundred times before, and
as we fondly hoped and expected to be with him and to depend
upon him hundreds of times again. Yet in less that a fortnight he

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had been summoned to that other world, of which the highest
knowledge attainable in this leaves us in darkness penetrable only
by the light of the lamp of resignation and faith. It is generally
understood that the illness which resulted in his death was caused
by the insidious draughts of raw, damp air that found their way
into the museum of this society at a tinie when he was engaged
in gathering some details for a report upon its status, which
report was his last official communication to us. If anything
could, this fact would add to the gratefulness in which we hold
his memory as one whose devotion to our society's interests was
without a selfish thought, whose services rendered in its behalf
were beyond computation in value and who was truly one of the
chief pillars of its strength.

Harrison Wright was born in this city July 15, 1850, and was,
therefore, at the time of his death, February 20, 1885, not quite
thirty-five years of age. That he was enabled in so short a life-
time to accomplish so much, seems at first glance as surprising
as it is that a man so full of usefulness and promise should have
been called away, when there are so many others the world could
much better have spared. That he inherited at least a part of his
peculiar enthusiasm and fitness for the work in which he engaged
'is a conclusion which must force Itself upon even those who have
least faith in such inheritance, after they shall have informed
themselves somewhat of the ancestry from which he sprung.
That ancestry identifies the blood which flowed in his veins with
that of the moving spirits in the earliest history of our city,
county and state ; in the primary and progressive developments
of the vast mineral resources of this particular section of our
great commonwealth ; in the grandest unfolding of the sciences
and arts in this country, and in various important scientific and
patriotic undertakings in other countries. There is nothing par-
ticularly original in the manner of the presentation of the inter-
esting facts which, in the performance of my duty as the histori-
ographer of this society, I here follow — the work of compiling
them having been well advanced by Harrison Wright himself in
his lifetime.

Harrison Wright was the descendant in the sixth generation
of John Wright, one of the first settlers of Burlington county,

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New Jersey, and who was the first settler at Wrightstown, in
that county, being in fact the founder of the village or little town
of that name. He came from England in 168 1 with William
Penn's colony of Quaker immigrants. He held a commission of
justice of the peace and captain of the militia under the royal
seal of Charles H. A diary kept by this pioneer is still in the
possession of the family. Among other things therein recorded
it appears that he "subscribed and paid ^3 towards building the
brick meeting-house." This building is still standing, after a
lapse of two hundred years, and was probably the first meeting-
house erected in that state. It appears also that he " made the
first barrel of cider in the state of New Jersey." The circum-
stances attending the jubilee over this "first barrel of cider" I must
insert. In was an event in the history of the new country. " He
invited all his neighbors to partake; they very willingly attended.
Duke Fort was appointed tapster, and a merrier assemblage
never took place in the neighborhood of Penny Hill, for so
Wrightstown was then called." Among the curiosities contained
in this old diary I add the following: "The soil is very productive
and the earth yields very bountifully, but then, the farmer has
poor encouragement, considering that those terrible pests, the
wild geese and wild turkeys, destroy almost entirely one's crops."
The wife of John Wright was Abigail Crispin, daughter of Silas
Crispin, the elder. After the grant of Pennsylvania to William
Penn, Silas Crispin was appointed surveyor general, and sailed
with William Crispin, his father, John Beryar and Christopher
Allen, who were appointed commissioners to go to Pennsylvania
with power to purchase lands of the Indians and to select a site
for and lay out a great city ; but, dying on the voyage. Captain
Thomas Holmes was appointed his successor, April 18, 1682,
He-was a native of Waterford, Ireland, and is said to have served
in the fleet under Admiral Penn in the West Indies when a
young man. He sailed from the Downs, April 23, accompanied
by two sons and two daughters, Silas Crispin, the son of his
predecessor in office, and John, the eldest son of James Claypole.
Thomas Holmes made his home in Philadelphia, and owned land
in Bristol township, Bucks county. Pa., but it is not known that he
ever lived there. His daughter Hester married Silas Crispin, who

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came to America with him. These were the parents of Mrs. Wright.
The mother of Silas Crispin, the elder, was a sister of Margaret Jas-
per, the mother of William Penii, which made him the first cousin
of the founder. Samuel Wright, son of John Wright, was born at
Wrightstown in 1719 and died in 1781. His wife was Elizabeth
Haines, daughter of Caleb Haines, of Evesham. Caleb Wright,
son of Samuel Wright, was born at Wrightstown, January 14,
1754. He married Catharine, daughter of John Gatdner, in 1779,
and removed with his family to the "Susquehanna country" in
1795. He purchased and settled upon a farm in Union township,
Luzerne county. Pa., two miles abov6 Shickshinny, where he
remained till i8u and then returned to New Jersey. Mr. and
Mrs. Wright lived to a good old age after their removal to New
Jersey, and their remains are interred at the Friends' burial-
ground at East Branch, Upper Freehold, Monmouth county, N.
J. Joseph Wright, son of Caleb Wright, was but a boy of ten
years when his father removed from Wrightstown to the Susque-
hanna country. Previous to the return of his father to New Jer-
sey he had married, and established a small retail store in
Plymouth, and he alone of the family remained in our county.
He was a resident of the town of Plymouth for more than half a
century, and during that long period was intimately connected
with its municipal government and was one of its representative
men. He was the second person in the mercantile business in
Old Plymouth. He, however, continued but a short time in this
occupation, afterwards devoting his attention to the interests of
his farm. His ancestors for two hundred years had belonged to
the Society of Friends ; he steadily adhered to the faith of this
religious order of people to the hour of his death. Notwith-
standing he had been expelled from the society, because he had
married outside of the church limits and in direct violation of
its discipline, he ever considered himself as one of the order,
however, and bound by its formulas and creed. It is, however,
somewhat difficult to reconcile his professed religious obligations
in view of his conduct in entering the service in the war of 1812.
We find him in Captain Halleck's company of Pennsylvania militia
on the march for the defense of Baltimore. Patriotism had tri-
umphed over sectarian fealty, the tri-colored cockade usurped

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the broad-brim. The regiment, however, never saw active ser-
vice. Mr. Wright married, June 15, 1807, Ellen Hendrick, widow
of Moses Wadhams, deceased. She was the daughter of John
Hendrick, who was a descendant ifi the fourth generation of Dan-
iel Hendrick (who was of Haverhill in 1645, and had been ot
Hampton in 1639) and Dorothy Pike, daughter of John Pike, of
Newbury, in 1635. Joseph Wright had three sons. Hendrick
Bradley Wright, his eldest, was a very prominent lawyer at the
Luzerne bar. He represented Luzerne county in the lower house
of the state legislature in the years 1841, 1842, 1843, and the lat-
ter year was speaker of that body. In 1844 he was president of
the democratic national convention which nominated James K.
Polk for the presidency. In 1852, 1853, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1876,
1877, 1878 and 1879, ^^ represented Luzerne county in the na-
tional congress. He was the author of "A Practical Treatise on
Labor," and "Historical Sketches of Plymouth," his native town.
He died in Wilkes-Barre September 2, 1881. Caleb Earl Wright,
the second son of Joseph Wright, is still living and resides at
Doylestown, Pa. He is also a prominent lawyer. He was pres-
ident of the first borough council of Doylestown, district attorney
of Bucks county, and while a resident of Luzerne county held
the office of collector of internal revenue under President John-
son, and was a member of the Pennsylvania constitutional con-
vention of 1874. He is also an ordained minister of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church, and is the author of a novel under the
title of "Wyoming," from the press of Harper Brothers, and a
romance under the title of "Marcus Blair," published by J. B.
Lippincott & Co. The third and youngest son of Joseph Wright
was Harrison Wright, the father of the subject of our sketch. He
was born at Plymouth January 24, 1815. Perhaps no better
estimate of his character can be given than that found in the pro-
ceedings of a meeting of the bar of this county held immediately
after his death. At this meeting the late John N. Conyngham was
president, E, L. Dana secretary, and Warren J. Woodward chair-
man of the committee on resolutions, which reported as follows :
"We are summoned to this meeting under circumstances of most
painful interest. We are met to render our professional tribute to
the memory of Harrison Wright. Death within a few years past

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has made sad havoc in our ranks. Recently, and at brief intervals,
we have been required to record the successive loss of Chester
Butler, Luther Kidder and Horatio W. Nicholson. They were
stricken down in the very prime of their usefulness and in the
very summer of their years. The grasp of the common destiny
of us all was unrelentingly and unrelaxingly fastened upon
them in the midst of the strongest ties to life — in the enjoyment
of high social and professional position — of the public confidence
and regard — of the reputation that results from high office
and great wealth. But in no instance has the blow fallen so
severely upon us as it has fallen now. Mr. Wright has been con-
stantly among us — with the exception of a few months passed in
the legislature during the year 1855, he had devoted himself dur-
ing almost twenty years to the practice of the law. Almost every
man who is gathered here, from the very day of his admission
into the profession, has been habituated to his presence in our
courts. We have all been under obligations to him for assist-
ance and advice, most readily and most gratefully rendered. We
have felt deep obligations to him for the kindly spirit which has
characterized the intercourse of the members of the bar, and
which in a great measure was created by his counsel and exam-
ple. It is due to his reputation, as well as to ourselves, that
regret for his early death and respect for his memory and sympa-
thy for his surviving family should be expressed by the members
of that profession which beloved and honored and illustrated and
adorned throughout his life. Mr. Wright was a thorough law-
yer; deeply imbued with the profound principles which form
the fountains of our legal system, he kept himself constantly
familiar with the current exposition of those principles by the
court. His acquaintance with the details and forms of business
was most accurate and minute. In his whole heavy and long-
continued practice he was, in every ca.se, untiring, indubitable and
indefatigable. In the preparation and trial of causes he was
laborious, wary, methodical, accurate and prompt. And he was
a most accomplished advocate. In all the long history of our old
court house its walls have resounded to no eloquence more attract-
ive or more effective than his. An entire generation of the people
of our whole county must pass away before the memory of his fine

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person, his impressive manners and his prompt tones shall be
forgotten. In the varied and growing business interests of the
community the premature death of Mr. Wright will be severely
felt. Born and bred in the Wyoming valley, his sympathies and
his heart were here. To promote the prosperity of the county of
Luzerne his time and his purse were always given. In the very
best and most' enlarged sense of the phrase, he was a man o
public spirit. In the improvements made and progress around
us the mark of his hand and intellect is everywhere visible. To
the erection of our churches ; to the schemes for the develop-
ment of our mineral resources ; to the organization of our gas
company ; to the measures requisite to secure the completion
of the North Branch canal ; to the efforts to extend to this county
the general mining law, productive as this has been of such won-
derful results; to the establishment of our law library; to every
feasible scheme for the advancement of the material interests of
our community, his influence and liberality have been ungrudg-
ingly and effectively extended. He was a peculiarly unselfish
man. And he threw into every effort for the public good, as he
threw into every professional struggle in which his sympathies
were aroused, all the astonishing vigor, energy and enthusiasm
of his character, regardless of individual results for himself It
was a peculiarity of Mr. Wright's position that he numbered among
the members of the profession an unusually large proportion of
personal friends. His relations with many members of the bar
were of the most intimate and confidential kind. With almost all
of them these relations were marked by uniform courtesy and
cordiality. He was a true, faithful, reliable and active friend, and
no considerations of personal interest or personal ease ever induced
'him to abandon the man whom he had promised to serve or who
held a claim for his service. In every relation of life Mr. Wright had
upright and single aims. He was a resolute man. He pursued
boldly and unflinchingly the path of duty open before him. And
with his extraordinary abilities, his attractive and impressive man-
ners, his clear, quick, sound judgment, the unbounded confidence
of the community in his honor, integrity and faith, his steadiness of
nerve and his strength of purpose, he wielded an influence upon
systems and events around him almost without parallel or exam-

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pie. For reasons thus hastily and imperfectly sketched, we do

''Resolve, That we have learned the fact of the death of Harrison
Wright, Esq., on August 25, 1856, with feelings of deep and
abiding regret. His loss will be felt as an individual grief by
each one of us, connected as we have been with him in relations of
intimate social and professional intercourse, but we bow in sub-
mission to that Power that 'doeth all things well.' That we most
cordially recognize the varied claims which Mr. Wright in his
lifetime established upon our esteem, respect and gratitude ; for
his courtesy and kindness of heart; for his strict honor and man-
liness of character ; for his great abilities, his learning and his
eloquence; for his abiding love of his profession ; for his labori-
ous performance of every duty of an active and useful life, and for
his unselfish devotion to the public good, we will cherish his
memory while our own lives shall last."

Thus was the character of Mr. Wright portrayed by those who
had the most intimate relations with him and who knew him best.
[Harrison Wright left the following children to survive him : Har-
rison Wright, the subject of this sketch ; Josephine Wright, who
intermarried with Arthur W. Hillman; Augusta McClintock
Wright, now deceased ; Jessie L. Wright, now deceased, inter-
married with W. J. Harvey, who left to survive her one son, Rob-
ert R. Harvey ; Sarah H. Wright, who intermarried with G. W.
Guthrie, M. D. ; and Jacob Ridgway Wright]

The wife of Harrison Wright, sr., and the mother of the
subject of our sketch, was Emily Cist, daughter of Jacob Cist,
and a descendant of Charles Cist, who was the son of a well-to-do
German merchant, who had been attracted to St. Petersburg,
Russia, at the beginning of the eighteenth century by the liberal
inducements offered to foreigners by Peter the Great, and who
there met and married Anna Maria Thomassen. Their second
child, Charles Cist, was born in St. Petersburg, on August 15,
1738, and was baptized on the 21st of the same month in the
Plvangelical Lutheran church of St. Peter, in that city. At a
very early age he showed such a fondness for and application to
his studies that his father gave him every advantage which the
schools of St. Petersburg at that period afforded, and already on
April 23, 1755, at the age of sixteen, we find him matriculated as

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studiosus medicines at the University of Halle, on the Saale, one of*
the leading universities of Germany. Owing to the incomplete-
ness of the records of the medical faculty of the university at that
time, it is impossible to state now how long he remained there or
whether or not he took a degree, though it is likely he did take
the latter, as he was later a practicing physician in St. Petersburg
and had there a large apothecary and drug business. The liberal
policy adopted by the far-seeing Peter towards professional and
scientific men, as well as to the foreign merchants located in Rus-
sia, insured protection to Charles Cist in the early days of Cath-
arine ; and the income of his business enabled him to amass con-
siderable property and to collect the finest cabinet of minerals in
the city of St. Petersburg, and one whose rarities the highest
dignitary of the church thought worthy of a Sunday visit to ex-
amine. But when his success was at its highest a change came.
Filled with liberal ideas too far advanced to be tolerated in des-
potic Russia, he joined with others in a proposed revolution,
which, being discovered by the authorities, was suppressed, his
property confiscated, and he, in 1767, an exile at Omsk, in Sibe-
ria, from whence he escaped and fled, a political refugee, to the
hospitable shores of America, arriving in Philadelphia, in the ship
Crawford, on October 25, 1773. Directly after his arrival he met
Henry Miller, who was at that time publishing a German paper
in Philadelphia, entitled Pennsylvanischer Staatsbote, and who,
desiring some competent person to translate articles from English
exchanges into German for the Staatsbote, offered the position to
Charles Cist until he should become acquainted in Philadelphia
and acquire enough money to start in his regular business. The
offer was accepted, and the printing business pleased him so well
that he remained for two years with Miller, and in December,
1775, entered into copartnership with Melchior Styner, who had
been Miller's foreman, and they established a printing office of their
own. At the beginning of our revolutionary troubles this firm
published a newspaper in the German language, but not receiving
the necessary support and encouragement it was discontinued in
April, 1776. Many pamphlets on the critical questions of those
disturbed times were issued from the press of Styner & Cist,
among others Thomas Paine's "American Crisis." During the

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war Styner and Cist were both enrolled as members of the Third
Battalion of Pennsylvania militia, and on June 20, 1777, Charles
Cist took the voluntary oath of allegiance and fidelity. Upon
returning to Philadelphia after the evacuation of the British, the
firm continued the printing business, and in the year 1779, besides
publishing "Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops
of the United States" and a number of other pamphlets, they again
commenced the publication of a German newspaper. In 1781
the copartnership, after existing for nearly six years — years most
eventful in the history of this country — was by consent dissolved.
Henry Miller, instead of discouraging the formation of this firm,
seems to have aided and assisted in every way; and in after years
when Cist had gained a competency and Styner was still strug-
gling along, Henry Miller died and left the fortune, or a large
part of it, which he had accumulated during a busy life, to Styner.
In 1784 Charles Cist, together with Seddon, John O'Connor, and
others, started an English newspaper entitled The American Her-
ald and General Advertiser, but for want of encouragement it was
discontinued ; and at a meeting of the proprietors, held July 3,
1784, it was resolved that the publication of the paper should
cease and the subscription money be refunded to the subscribers.
On October i, 1789, Charles Cist, together with Seddon, William
Spottswood, James Trenchard, and the well-known Matthew Ca-
rey, started the Columbian Magazine, a monthly miscellany. With-
in the year 1789 Trenchard became the sole proprietor, and the
subsequent numbers were published by him alone. Mr. Cist
published between the years 1781-1805 a large number of reli-
gious, political and educational works, in at least four languages,
among which, in German, in the year 1783, was " Wahrheit und
guter Rath an die Einwohner Deutschlands, besonders in Hes-
sen,"andin 1789, "Der Amerikanische Stadt und Land Kalender;"
and continued in the threefold capacity of printer, publisher and
bookseller until his death in 1805. In this latter year he pub-
lished, among other works, a reprint of Rev. Andrew Fuller's
"The Gospel its own Witness." Mr. Cist was a member of the
German Society of Pennsylvania; in 1782 was a member of the
school committee, and in 1795 secretary of the association. He
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of Philadelphia, and announces in May, 1793, that this company-
had procured an apparatus to save people from burning houses ;
it consisted of an elevated basket. Under the administration of
the elder Adams he received the contract for printing official
documents. In the year 1800 he went to Washington and ar-
ranged at great expense a printing office and book bindery, pur-
chased real estate, built several houses, and believed he had a
good, remunerative position, but it was not long after the victory
of the democratic party in 1801 that he lost his privileges and
returned to Philadelphia poorer than when he left. In writing to
his son Jacob in regard to his losses in Washington, under date
of February 7, 1803, he says: "Misfortunes follow one upon an-
other and bear the more severely upon me at my time of life
when I, in a manner, must begin the world anew. But I trust in
Providence, and the conscience of the rectitude of my actions
supports me under the complicated evils that the loss of my place
has brought upon me. Heaven forgive my enemies ; they have
done me more harm than they intended." In aback room of his
printing office he had arranged a small laboratory to which it
was his delight to withdraw, when business permitted, to experi-
ment with chemicals. Here he discovered and patented colors
for dyeing from the quercitron bark ; he manufactured on a small
scale cakes of water-color paints, and prepared, by grinding,
paints for oil painters. It was here, too, that he tested the "black
stone" discovered on the Lehigh by Philip Ginter and taken to
Philadelphia by Colonel Weiss, and which he pronounced to be
anthracite coal. He was one of the founders and largest stock-
holders of the "Lehigh Coal Mine Company," which was founded
in 1792. He died of apoplexy while on a visit to his brother-in-
law. Colonel Weiss, at Fort Allen, on December i, 1805, and lies
buried in the Moravian burial-ground at Bethlehem. He was
sanguine in his disposition, punctual and of most rigid integrity
in his business relations, courtly in his manners, and yet of most
modest demeanor, which recommended him to all classes with
whom he came in contact. He was unassuming and unpreten-
tious, and yet his university education and his knowledge of the
literature of several languages rendered him welcome among the
savants of the then metropolis of the new world, The purity and

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simplicity of his character was at all times a source of admiration
with those who knew him, and when his trials and losses came
he had the sympathy of every one. Even some of those who were
the cause of them afterwards repented of the action which they
had taken and tried to retrieve it by kindness to his son while he
was in Washington. A brother and two sisters residing in Russia
survived him, all of whom were married, and their descendants
are to-day scattered throughout the length and breadth of Russia.
He married, June 7, 1781, Mary, daughter of John Jacob and Re-
becca Weiss, who was born in Philadelphia June 22, 1762, and
had eight children, all of who were living at the time of his death.
The father of Mrs. Charles Cist, John Jacob Weiss, was born
in the village of Wahlheim, near Bietigheim, in the kingdom of
Wurtemberg, Germany, on July 20, 1721. His parents were
John Jacob and Mary Elizabeth Weiss. He was confirmed in
the Lutheran church of his native village in 1736, and in 1740
emigrated to America, landing in Philadelphia in September of
that year. On October 24, 1746, he married Rebecca Cox, of
Swedish descent. She was born November 23, 1725, in Passa-
yunk township, now in Philadelphia, and reared in the Lutheran
religion. Her father, Peter Cox, who died in January, 175 i, aged
sixty-three years, was the grandson of Peter Lawson Koch, who
came from Sweden in 1641 with the third Swedish colony, and
settled upon the Delaware. On January 8, 1749, when the United
Brethren were favored with a particularly blessed day, the occa-
sion being a visit of Brother John (Bishop Spangenberg) and
others, John Jacob Weiss and his wife .Rebecca were received
into the Brethren's association and admitted to the holy com-
munion. In the month of June, 1750, he purchased a hundred
acres of land in Long valley, in the present county of Monroe,
partly on Head's creek. He took the oath of allegiance to
George H April 12, 1750, before Chief Justice Allen, and to the
United States July 2, 1778. Mr. Weiss was a surgeon, and had
his place of business for many years on Second street, Philadel-
phia. He died September 22, 1788, and was buried next day in
the Moravian burial ground, in Philadelphia. His wife, Rebecca
died July 3, 1808. The old Moravian record says : "She was a
communicant of our church and a simple, genuine follower of

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the Lord." Mr. and Mrs. Weiss had eleven children, of whom
Mary, the tenth child, became the wife of Charles Cist. She was
born in Philadelphia June 22, 1762, and was baptized the 25th
of the same month by Rev. George Neisser.

It may not be out of place in this sketch of our late associate
to portray the character of Colonel Jacob Weiss, the brother of
Mary Cist. He was born in Philadelphia September i, 1750,
and after the commencement of hostilities between the mother
country and the colonies he entered the continental service in the
first company of Philadelphia Volunteers, commanded by Cap-
tain Cadwalader, and after having performed a tour of duty, he
was, at the earnest recommendation of General Mifflin, then act-
ing quartermaster general, to whom he had served an appren-
ticeship in the mercantile line, and who knew him to be a trusty
and proficient accountant, appointed a deputy quartermaster gen-
eral under him, and subsequently under General Greene, in which
station he remained until General Greene took command of the
southern army, October 30, 1780; the admirable arrangement of
the quartermaster general's department and the able manage-
ment of General Greene, enabled the army to move with facility
and dispatch. The means possessed by the commissary's depart-
ment were inadequate to supply the army's wants and frequently
caused great distress, and often rendered its condition deplorable.
The financial embarrassment which followed upon the rapid
depreciation of the continental money was a greater bane to the
cause of the patriots and a more insidious enemy than the power-
ful foe which confronted them. Prices rose as money sunk in
value. The commissaries found it extremely difficult to pur-
chase supplies for the army, for the people refused to exchange
their articles for the almost worthless paper. At the close of the
year 1779 thirty dollars in paper was only equal in purchasing
value to one of specie. After the defeat of the American army
in the battle of Brandywine, September 11, 1777, the road to
Philadelphia was open to the enemy. There was great conster-
nation among the people when they heard of the approach of
the British army. Mrs. Weiss frequently spoke of the excite-
ment that followed ; every one tried to get away ; fabulous prices
were paid for all kinds of conveyances. Her husband was with

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the army, and she was left to her own resources. She was for-
tunate in procuring a conveyance, and taking with her the wear-
ing apparel of the family and a few household articles, started
with her family for Bristol. Upon her arrival there she found
the hotel used as a hospital for the wounded soldiers. The sight
of these greatly distressed her, as she said it was the most sick-
ening sight she ever beheld. In the following month Colonel
Weiss sent his family to Easton. During those perilous times
he was almost constantly attached to and followed the various
and often sudden movements of the main army, which proved a
very harassing and arduous service. By the advice of General
Greene, who, in his farewell letter to him, highly and affection-
ately commended him for the faithful performance of the various
duties imposed upon him, he accepted the appointment of assist-
ant deputy quartermaster general, at Easton, for the county of
Northampton, in the fall of 1780, in which capacity he served
until the close of the war. In June, 1780, Colonel Weiss moved
his family from Easton to Nazareth. After closing up the busi-
ness of his department in 1783, he retired from the public ser-
vice, and purchased a tract of land on the Lehigh river, north of
the Blue mountain, including the broad flats, upon which is
located the town of Weissport, Lehigh county. Pa. This was
the site selected by the Moravian missionaries in 1754 for their
mission, when the land on the Mahoning became impoverished.
Here they erected dwellings for their Indian converts and built
a new chapel. To this wild and secluded spot he brought his
family in the spring of 1786. The inhabitants were few and
simple in their habits, unburdened by the restraints and conven-
tionalities of modern life. Nor had they need of many of the
things we now consider necessary to our health and comfort.
An umbrella was considered a great novelty, and Mrs. Weiss at
first attracted some attention by carrying one on a rainy day.
The Colonel's residence was built near the site upon which Fort
Allen (named in honor of Chief Justice Allen) formerly stood.
"It was in the beginning of the month of January, 1756," writes
Dr. Franklin, "when we set out upon this business of building
forts. The Indians had burned Gnadenhiitten, a village settled
by the Moravians, and massacred the inhabitants ; but the place

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was thought a good situation for one of the forts. Our first
work was to bury more effectually the dead we found there. The
next morjiing our fort was planned and marked out, the circum-
ference measuring four hundred and fifty-five feet, which would
require as many palisades to be made, one with another, of a foot
in diameter each. Each piece made three palisades of eighteen
feet long, pointed at one end. When they were set up, our car-
penters built a platform of boards all around within, about six
feet high, for the men to stand on when they fired through the
loop-holes. We had one swivel-gun, which we mounted on one
of the angles and fired it as soon as fixed, to let the Indians
know, if any were within hearing, that we had such pieces, and
thus our fort (if that name may be given to so miserable a stock-
ade) was finished within a week, though it rained so hard every
other day that the men could not well work." Within the en-
closure around the Colonel's house was the well, which was dug
inside the fort by Franklin's direction, and long remained as a
memorial of the old Indian war, and also testified to what "Poor
Richard" knew about digging wells. It continued to furnish an
abundant supply of pure water until it was destroyed by the
devastating flood, which swept through the valley of the Lehigh
in 1862. The bell of the old Moravian chapel was found near
this well by one of the workmen while digging a post-hole.
Under the energetic management of Colonel Weiss the flats
around his, dwelling and the adjacent hills were rapidly cleared
up and cultivated, while the surrounding forests furnished an
abundant supply of lumber for his mills. To protect the soil
from floods a fringe of trees was left along the bank of the river,
and the Lombardy poplar was planted along the roads and
around his dwelling to furnish shade. While thus engaged in
transforming the wild glens of the Lehigh into fertile fields and
changing these savage haunts into the peaceful abodes of civi-
lized life, he probably realized that "peace as well as war has its
victories." About this time he was also engaged in business with
Judge Hollenback, trading under the firm name of Weiss & Hol-
lenback. This partnership commenced as early as 1785 and con-
tinued as late as 1788. In the year 1791 an event occurred, in
itself apparently trifling, but fraught with momentous results to

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the future interests of this section of country. This was the dis-
covery of coal in the Lehigh district. The story of its discovery
is doubtless familiar to many. Nevertheless, as Colonel Weiss
was prominently connected with its discovery and first introduc-
tion to the public, a brief reference to the same may not be
amiss. A hunter of the name of Philip Ginter had taken up his
residence in that district of country. He built himself a rough
cabin and supported his family by hunting in the dense and
primitive forests, abounding in game. On the occasion to which
we are now referring, Ginter had spent the whole day in the
woods without meeting with the least success. As the shades of
evening gathered around he found himself on the summit of
Sharp mountain, several miles distant from home ; night was
rapidly approaching, and a storm of rain was advancing, which
caused him to quicken his pace. As he bent his course homeward
through the woods he stumbled over the root of a tree which
had recently fallen. Among the black dirt turned up by the
roots he discovered pieces of black stone. He had heard per-
sons speak of stone-coal as existing in these mountains, and con-
cluding that this might be a portion of that stone-coal, of which
he had heard, he took a specimen with him to his cabin, and the
next day carried it to Colonel Jacob Weiss. The Colonel, who
was alive to the subject, took the specimen with him to Philadel-
phia and submitted it to the inspection of John Nicholson and
Michael Hillegas, and also to Charles Cist, before referred to,
the brother-in-law of Colonel Weiss, who ascertained its nature
and qualities, and told the Colonel to pay Ginter for his dis-
covery upon his pointing out the place where he found the
coal. This was readily done by acceding to Ginter's proposal
of getting, through the regular forms of the land office, the title
for a small tract of land on which there was a mill-site, and
which he supposed had never been taken up, and of which he
was unhappily deprived by the claim of a prior survey. Messrs.
Hillegas, Cist, Weiss, Henry, and some others soon after formed
themselves into what was called the Lehigh Coal Mine Company,
but without a charter of incorporation, and took up about ten
thousand acres of till then unlocated land, which included the
opening at Summit hill, and embracing about five-sixths of the

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coal lands of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company. The
coal mine company proceeded to open the mines ; they found
coal in abundance, but like the man who caught the elephant,
they hardly knew what to do with it. Between the coal mine
and the distant market lay a vast expanse of wild and rugged
mountains and valleys. The Lehigh river, in the season of low
water, in its then unimproved state, almost defied the floating of
a canoe over its rocky bed. There was an abundance of wood
at low prices and no demand for stone coal. A rough road,
however, was constructed from the mines to the Lehigh, about
nine miles in length. After many fruitless attempts to get coal
to market by this road and the Lehigh river, the Lehigh Coal
Mine Company became tired of the experiment and suffered
their property to lie idle for many years. But Colonel Weiss,
notwithstanding the inauspicious outlook, determined that the
coal should at least be introduced to the acquaintance of the
public. He filled his saddle-bags from time to time and rode
around among the blacksmiths in the lower counties, earnestly
soliciting them to try it. A few accepted the proffered supplies
and used it with partial success. The rest threw it aside as soon
as the Colonel was out of sight, quietly remarking that they
thought he must be getting crazy. William Henry, then engaged
in manufacturing muskets under a contract from Governor Miff-
lin, employed a blacksmith residing in Nazareth, and prevailed
upon him to try to make use of this coal, but after three or four
days' trial, altering his fireplace frequently, but all to no purpose,
became impatient and in a passion threw all the coal he had in
his shop into the street, telling Mr. Henry that everybody was
laughing at him for being such a fool as to try to make stones
burn, and that they said Mr. Henry was a bigger fool to bring
those stones to Nazareth. The coal mine company, desiring to
render their property available, granted very favorable leases to
several parties successively, only to have them abandoned in turn
when the difficulties and losses of the enterprise became mani-
fest. The project was allowed to rest until the Lehigh Coal and
Navigation Company, by building dams and sluices and other-
wise improving the navigation of the Lehigh, and constructing
a good road between the mine and river, succeeded in sending

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coal to the Philadelphia market in sufficient quantities and at
prices which at length attracted the attention of the public. In
the year 1820 three hundred and sixty-five tons of coal were
sent to market. This quantity of coal completely stocked the
market and was with difficulty disposed of Colonel Weiss, hav-
ing had the misfortune to be deprived of his eyesight for about
twenty years bef6re his death, and later becoming extremely
deaf, which misfortune he bore with exemplary resignation, did
not enjoy seeing and being fully apprised of the fruits of his
labor and ardent desires. He was a man of liberal education,
strong minded, remarkable memory, and generous disposition,
esteemed and respected by all who knew him. He died at
Weissport January 9, 1839. Nearly three score years have
passed away since he was compelled, by reason of advancing age
and failing eyesight, to relinquish the active duties of life. How
marvelous the results which have since taken place in the growth
of that enterprise of which he was the pioneer !

Jacob Cist, eldest son of Charles and Mary Cist, was born in
Philadelphia, on March 13, 1782. On September 5, 1794, when
only a little over twelve years of age, his father sent him to the
Moravian boarding school, at Nazareth, in Northampton county,
Pa., where he remained three years, leaving on June 10, 1797,
after completing the established course of study at that time re-
quired, which, besides a thorough study of all the ordinary English
branches, included a knowledge of Greek, Latin, German, and
French. His love for and talent of easily acquiring languages
he seems to have inherited from his father, who was an accom-
plished and enthusiastic linguist, and the knowledge derived from
a three years' course under competent teachers was the ground-
work upon which he perfected himself in after years. Here, too,
under the old French drawing-master, M. A. Benade, he acquired
a considerable knowledge of drawing and painting. He was par-
ticularly happy in catching a likeness. On his return to Phila-
delphia, in 1797, he assisted his father in the printing office, de-
voting his spare hours to study, and in the year 1800, when his
father purchased property in Washington city and erected a
printing office there, he went to that place to take charge of the
office. Upon his father's relinquishing the business in Washing-

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ton he determined to locate there, and applying for a clerkship
secured one in the postoffice department, which he retained from
the fall of 1800 until he removed to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania,
in the year 1808. So well satisfied were Mr. Granger and his
successors with the capabilities of Mr. Cist that upon his arrival
in this city he was appointed postmaster, which office he retained
until his death in 1825, thus having been for a quarter of a cen-
tury in the employ of the postoffice department. His father,
writing to him in 1802, says : "As it is to your good conduct in
the federal city that I chiefly ascribe the confidence the post-
master general places in you and the kindness he shows in pro-
curing you an advantageous post, I cannot refrain of recommend-
ing you the same conduct in your future stages of life as the
surest means of forwarding yourself in the world with credit and
reputation." His spare time in Washington he appears to have
devoted principally to painting and literature. He has left a
good picture of Mr. Jefferson and an admirable copy of Gilbert
Stuart's portrait of Mrs. Madison, which she permitted him to
paint, and a number of miniatures. Being obliged to mix his
own paints, and not finding a mill to suit, he invented one and
patented it in the year 1803.

He was a contributor to The Literary Magazine as early as
1804, and to Charles Miner's paper in Wilkes-Barre. Mr. Miner
writes, under date of November 28, 1806: "I am charmed with
your piece on 'Morning.' It possesses all the life, spirit, and
variety of that charming season;" and December 26, 1806;
"Your 'Noon' is in type. If you are but a young courtier at the
shrine of the muses, you have been unusually fortunate in ob-
taining their approbation;" and February 19, 1807 : "Your last
letter containing your 'Night' was very welcome. The descrip-
tion is truly natural and elegant, and its only fault was its short-
ness. I hope you will often favor me with your poetic effusions
or prosaic lucubrations ;" and at other times he writes : "Your
four pieces on 'Morning,' 'Noon,' 'Evening,' and 'Night' have
been warmly commended by a literary friend in Philadelphia."
Again : "From the friendship shown you by the muses, I sus-
pect you visit their ladyships moi'e than just 'a vacant hour now
and then.' So great a portion of their favor as they have be-

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stowed on you, I should not suppose was to be obtained but by
a close and constant courtship. I thank you for the communi-
cation and shall always be happy to have my paper improved by
the production of your fancy. Your address to your candle is
excellent and shall appear next week."

He contributed to the Port Folio from 1808 to 18 16. The pub-
lishers, writing to him in 1809, say : "We have to acknowledge
many interesting and valuable communications from you. We
rank you among our most valuable correspondents and will hope
for a continuance of your favors." His communications to this
magazine were many and varied ; at one time it was poetry, at
another the description of some new machine, sometimes over the
letters "J- C," and others over the letter "C." Many of the old
settlers will still remember his sketches with pen and pencil of
"Solomon's Falls" and "Buttermilk Falls." In the May num-
ber, 1809, is a drawing and description by him of Mr. Birde's
"Columbian Spinster ;" in the March number, 1811, a drawing
and description of "Eve's Cotton Gin," and in the October num-
ber, 1812, an "Ode on Hope."

Jacob Cist was married on August 25, 1807, by the Rev. Ard
Hoyt, to Sarah Hollenback, daughter of Judge Matthias Hollen-
back, of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., whom Charles Miner at that time
described as "a charming little girl, apparently about sixteen
years old, the natural rose on her cheek heightened by exercise,
and a sweet smile playing about her lips." On her mother's
side she was descended from old New England stock. Mrs.
Hollenback's father, Peleg Burritt, Jr., was a grandson of Ensign
Stephen Burritt, who, according to Hinman, was "a famous In-
dian fighter," and commissary general to the army in King
Phillip's war, and his father, William Burritt, the first of the name
in this country, was an original settler in Stratford, Connecticut,
prior to 1650. Her mother, whose maiden name was Deborah
Beardslee, was the granddaughter of Ebenezer Booth, the son of
Richard Booth, by his wife Elizabeth (Hawley,) who was living
in Stratford in the year 1640. Her father's grandfather was a
landholder in Pennsylvania as early as 1729.

After his marriage he returned to Washington and remained
there until the spring of 1808, when he removed to Wilkes-

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Barre and entered into partnership with his father-in-law, under
the firm name of Hollenback & Cist, which existed a number of
years. For three years Mr. and Mrs. Cist lived at Mill Creek,
but in the fall of 181 1 they moved into their new house on Bank
street, now River street, in this city. At an early day Jacob Cist's
attention was attracted towards the uses of anthracite coal. He
was a boy of ten years when his father experimented on the Le-
high coal and rtiight possibly have seen him at work. He must
often have heard his father conversing with Colonel Weiss, both
in Philadelphia and Bethlehem, on the feasability of opening their
mines and making a market for the Lehigh coal long before he
was old enough to appreciate the importance of the undertaking
or the disadvantages under which these pioneers in the coal trade
labored in persuading people of the practicability of using stone-
coal as a fuel, though in after years, by observation and study,
he saw its importance and he learned by a practical experience
the labor and disappointments attendant on its introduction to use.
As early as the year 1805 he conceived the idea of manufactur-
ing a mineral black for printers' ink, leather lacquer, blacking,
etc., from the Lehigh coal, and the results of his experiments
were secured to him by patent in the year 1808. In regard to
his discovery Chief Justice Gibson wrote the following letter to
Thomas Cooper, who published it in the Emporium of Arts and
Sciences, Vol. H, new series, page 477 :

"Wilkes-Barke, Feb. 23d, 18 14.

"Dear Sir — I send you a likeness of one of your friends.
There is nothing remarkable in it, except that it is done with the
stone-coal of this place instead of India ink. It is prepared for
use by rubbing a bit of it on a fine hard stone in gum water, just
thick enough to hold the particles in suspension. It is then laid
on in the usual way with a camel hair pencil. By a comparison
with a drawing in India ink you will, I doubt not, give the prefer-
ence to the coal, as it will be found free from a brownish cast^
always perceivable in the former. The harshness observable in
the enclosed drawing arises from the extreme badness of the
pencil I was obliged to use and not from the quality of the ink,
(which is susceptible of the greatest softness). The coal is found

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to be superior to lamp or ivory black for paint, printers' ink, and
blacking leather. It also makes the best writing ink for records
that has yet been discovered. The color is deeper, and is not in
the least effected by the oxy-muriatic acid or any other chemi-
cal agent, and must remain unaltered by time. The application
of coal to these purposes was discovered by Jacob Cist, of this
place. He has obtained a patent.

Very sincerely, your friend,

John B. Gibson.
Thomas Cooper, Esq."

To this letter Judge Cooper added the following note :

"The only pbjection to the preceding account of the uses to
which stone-coal may be put, is, whatever mucilaginous substance
be used to fix it on the paper, water can wash it away.

"But that it will afford a coloring matter, unattackable by any
acid and unalterable by any time, cannot be doubted.

"The discovery is of importance. T. C."

This patent was considered to beworth upwards of five thous-
and dollars, but a number of law-suits., arising from a constant
infringement of it by manufacturers, so annoyed Mr. Cist that he
was glad to dispose of it for a less sum. It is said that after the
destruction of the patent office records by fire, some one else
took out a patent for the same idea and is now working under it.
After Mr. Cist had removed to Wilkes-Barre he made a study of
the adjacent coal-fields, especially at the mines of the Smith
Brothers, at Plymouth, and the old Lord Butler opening. He
determined upon entering into the mining of coal as a business
as soon as he should feel satisfied that the right time had come
to introduce it in the cities in large enough quantities to make
the adventure a profitable one. That time came in the year 1813,
when the British squadron held both the Delaware and Chesa-
peake bays in a state of blockade. In the spring of that year he
undertook to introduce it in Baltimore and Philadelphia. The
former project proved a failure, but in the summer and fall he
sent several wagon loads to Binney & Ronaldson, in Philadel-
phia, and their success appeared to encourage the mining of an-
thracite upon a larger basis, so that in December of that year

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Jacob Cist, Charles Miner, and John Robinson secured a lease
from the old Lehigh coal mine company of their property on the
Lehigh river, near Mauch Chunk. Mr. Miner, in writing in the
year 1833 to Samuel L Packer on the formation of this co-part-
nership, says : "Jacob Cist, of Wilkes-Barre, my intimate and
much lamented friend, had derived from his father a few shares
of the Lehigh coal company's stock. Sitting by a glowing an-
thracite fire one evening in his parlor, conversation turned to the
Lehigh coal, and we resolved to make an examination of the
mines at Mauch Chunk and the Lehigh river to satisfy ourselves
whether it would be practicable to convey coal from thence by
the stream to Philadelphia. Mr. Robinson, a mutual friend, active
as a man of business, united with us in the enterprise. Towards
the close of 1813, we visited Mauch Chunk, examined the mines,
made all the enquiries suggested by prudence respecting the
navigation of the Lehigh, and made up our minds to hazard the
experiment, if a sufficiently liberal arrangement could be made
with the company." The following extract from the same letter
is sufficient to give the reader an idea of what was accomplished :
"On Tuesday, the 9th of August (1814), I being absent and
there being a freshet in the river, Mr. Cist started off my first ark,
sixty-five feet long, fourteen feet wide, with twenty-four tons of
coal. Sunday, fourteenth, arrived at the city at eight a. m. The
coal cost us about fourteen dollars a ton in the city. But while
we pushed forward our labors at the mine (hauling coal, building
arks, etc.,) we had the greater difficulty to overcome of inducing the
public to use our coal when brought to their doors, much as it
was needed. We published handbills in English and German,
stating the mode of burning the coal, either in grates, smiths'
fires, or in stoves. Numerous certificates were obtained and
printed from blacksmiths and others, who had successfully used
the anthracite. Mr. Cist formed a model of a coal stove and got
a number of them cast. Together we went to several houses in
the city and prevailed upon the masters to allow us to kindle
fires of anthracite in their grates, erected to burn Liverpool coal.
We attended at blacksmiths' shops, and persuaded some to alter
the tiie-iron, so that they might burn the Lehigh coal ; and we
were sometimes obliged to bribe the journeymen to try the ex-

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periment fairly, so averse were they to learning the use of a new-
sort of fuel, so different from what they had been accustomed to.
Great as were our united exertions (and Mr. Cist, if they were
meritorious, deserves the chief commendation), necessity accom-
plished more for us than our labors. Charcoal advanced in price
and was difficult to be got. Manufacturers were forced to try
the experiment of using the anthracite, and every day's experi-
ence convinced them, and those who witnessed the fires, of the
great value of this coal. We sent down a considerable number
of arks, three out of four of which stove and sunk by the way.
Heavy, however, as was the loss, it was lessened by the sale, at
moderate prices, of the cargoes as they lay along the shores or
in the bed of the Lehigh, to the smiths of AUentown, Bethlehem,
arid the country around, who drew them away when the water
became low. We were just learning that our arks were far too
large and the loads too heavy for the stream, and were making
preparations to build coal boats to carry eight or ten tons each,
that would be connected together when they arrived at Easton.
Much had been taught us by experience, but at a heavy cost, by
the operations of 1814-15. Peace came and found us in the
midst of our enterprise. Philadelphia was now opened to foreign
commerce, and the coasting trade resumed. Liverpool and
Richmond coal came in abundantly, and the hard-kindling an-
thracite fell to a price far below the cost of shipment. I need
hardly add, the business was abandoned, leaving several hundred
tons of coal at the pit's mouth, and the most costly part of the
work done to take out some thousands of tons more. Our dis-
appointment and losses were met with the spirit of youth and
enterprise. We turned our attention to other branches of indus-
try, but on looking back on the ruins of our (not unworthy) ex-
ertions, I have not ceased to hope and believe that the Lehigh
navigation and coal company, when prosperity begins to reward
them for their most valuable labors, would tender to us a fair
compensation at least for the work done and expenditures made,
which contributed directly to their advantage.''

This adventure was so disastrous to the finances of Mr. Cist
that he did not again engage in the practical mining of coal,
though his mind was never idle in devising plans for the opening

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of our coal-fields, and for a cheap and rapid mode of getting the
coal to market, and his pen was ever busy advocating both to the
general public. Although much had been said and written on
anthracite coal prior to 182 1, Mr. Cist himself having published
a pamphlet on the subject in 181 5, yet in that year the first ex-
haustive and scientific article on the subject was prepared by Mr.
Cist, being two letters, one to Professor Silliman and the other
to M. A. Brongniart. These, with extracts from Mr. Cist's pamph-
let of 181 5, were published in the American Journal of Science,
Vol. IV, and created no little excitement and discussion at the
time. In this article he gives the mode and cost of mining the
coal and the getting it to market. He gives three carefully taken
sections of the strata at "Smith's bed," "Bowman's mine," and at
"Blackman's bed." He attached a map showing that the coal
formation "extends in a S. S. westerly direction, from its com-
mencement at the upper part of Lackawanna river, near the
Wayne county line, down the course of that river to its junction
with the Susquehanna; thence along the Susquehanna, keeping
chiefly the east side, leaving this river about eighteen miles below
this place (Wilkes-Barre) it passes in a southward course to the
head-waters of the Schuylkill river, etc., and from thence, after
its crossing three main branches, becomes lost, a small seam of it
only appearing at Peter's mountain, a few miles above Harris-
burg." He then gives a list of the minerals found in this belt,
together with the dip of the coal and superincumbent strata. He
gives a list of rocks of which the gravel in the river's bed con-
sists. Then follows a long description of the vegetable impres-
sions. He gives the specific gravity of the coal exactly as it is
accepted to-day, and is the first to call attention to the fact that
the true fracture of the pure coal is conchoidal, and when appear-
ing angular, lamellar, and cubical it is due to impurities. Alto-
gether the article is an exceedingly interesting one.

James Pierce, in an article in Hazard's Register, in 1828, Vol.
I, page three hundred and fourteen, says : "The valley of Wyom-
ing and its valuable beds and veins of coal have been correctly
described in No. I, Vol. IV, of the Journal of Science, by Mr.
Cist, an able naturalist, whose recent death is lamented by all
acquainted with his merit."

1 3 so Harrison Wright.

The correspondence here begun with Monsieur Brongniart
continued until Mr. Cist's death. He sent a number of new
species of fossil plants to Paris to M. Brongniart, who did him
the courtesy to name them after him. In sending some speci-
mens of the coal flora to Professor Silliman in 1825 Mr. Cist
makes a strong point of urging the vegetable origin to the notice
of the professor. His pen was at an early date busy in suggest-
ing plans to get the coal to market. He was one of the first to
lend his hearty cooperation to the internal improvement of the
state. He took a lively interest in all the meetings held in the
eastern part of the state, and was one of the committee of cor-
respondence and afterwards a delegate from Luzerne, together
with Nathan Beach, to the state convention, held at Harrisburg
in August, 1825. At first he was a strong advocate of the canal
system or a slack water navigation of the river. In writing to
XSx^ Baltimore American, under date of December 5, 1822, he
says : "From partial geological survey, the county of Luzerne
possesses coal, level free, which, estimated at the low rate of
twenty-five cents per ton in the mine, would amount to above one
hundred millions of dollars, the value of which would be enhanced
from twenty-five to thirty fold on its arrival at Baltimore or Phil-
adelphia. In addition to the coal, level free, there is from ten to
fifteen times that quantity accessible by the aid of steam engine,
thus presenting an object alone sufficient to warrant the expense
of rendering the river completely navigable, were the lumber, the
wheat, pork, whiskey, iron, and the long list of other articles
thrown totally out of view."

As early as 18 14 he corresponded with Oliver Evans as to the
practicability of using a steam engine and railroad at the mines
on the Lehigh. In a letter to Evans, written December, 1814,
he says : "I would thank you also for an estimate of the expense
of your steam wagon for drawing out a number of low carts, say
twenty to twenty-five, each containing one and one-half or two
tons of coal, on a wooden railroad, with a descent of about one-
third of an inch in a yard" (or forty-six feet to mile) ; to which
Mr. Evans answers from Washington, January 3, 181 5 : "I would
suppose that a descent of one-third inch to a yard could do with-
out cogging the ways, which would save much expense. I had

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devised a cheap way of rising an ascent by means of a rope, as I
apprehended no company could yet be formed in this country to
lay iron and cogged railways for any distance. I therefore fixed
on wooden wa.ys, one for going, the other for coming back, as
close to each other as will admit, and to cover the whole with a
shed. This would, in the first making, cost little more than a Penn-
sylvania turnpike, and much less in ten years. I cannot state to
you the expense of a carriage." Mr. Cist ran the levels from
here to Mauch Chunk for one, and at the time of his death he
was planning with a Mr. McCullough, of New Jersey, to organize
a company to lay a railroad up the Lehigh to Wyoming valley.
One of his daughters, when a little girl while at play in his study,
remembers asking him "what he was so busy at." His answer
was : "My child, I am building a railroad to pull things on over
the mountain." Mr. McCullough, in writing to Mr. HoUenback
shortly after Mr. Cist's death, intimates that in the death of Mr.
Cist the railroad had met with its death, which was a fact.

In the year 18 10 Jacob Cist, together with Jesse Fell, Matthias
HoUenback, Thomas Dyer, Peleg Tracy, and others, founded the
Luzerne County Agricultural Society, and he, with Dr. Robert
H. Rose, was one of the first corresponding secretaries of the
society. He did much towards the introduction of finer grades
of fruit trees in our valley, joining with Washington Lee, Charles
Streater, E. Covell, George Cahoon and many others of the old
citizens of Wilkes-Barre and vicinity, who took pride and pleasure
in their fruit gardens. He was accustomed every year to get for
himself and friends quantities of the choicest fruit trees. He
knew the value of the New York gypsum as a fertilizer and ad-
vocated its superiority in a paper read before the state agricul-
tural society, January 12, 181 3. This article was republished in
the Record of the Times, at Wilkes-Barre, January 8, 1 868. He
was treasurer of the county of Luzerne for 18 16, and treasurer of
the Wilkes-Barre Bridge Company, 1816,1817, 1818, of which
he was one of the original stockholders and founders. He was
one of the charter members of the old Susquehanna bank and its
first cashier, appointed 1 817, at a salary of ;^6oo. He drew the
designs for the notes of the bridge company aad of the bank. He
geologized this whole section of country for miles up and down

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the river, finding, besides manganese and clays, a number of iron
beds, in many instances purchasing the land outright, in others
only leasing, and at the time of his death he owned large bodies
of iron lands. As early as 1815 he entered into an arrangement
with Samuel Messemer, of Northampton county, Pa., and John
Vernet, of New London, Conn., to establish iron works on the
site of the present town of Shickshinny. In the year 1822 he
entered into a similar arrangement with D. C. Woodin, but I can-
not learn that anything ever came of either. He early conceived
the idea of preparing a work on American Entomology, and
labored assiduously at this task until the year preceding his death,
when it was so far completed that he contemplated publishing it,
and sent his manuscript with several thousand drawings to a
well-known English scientist for inspection ; the letter acknowl-
edging its receipt arrived in Wilkes-Barre after Mr. Cist's decease,
but the manuscript and drawings have never been returned. They
are now supposed to be in the collection of the East India
Company, to whom the scientist left his collection at his death,
some twenty years ago. He corresponded for a number of years
with Prof Say and Mr. Melsheimer, the later writing on ento-
mology, under date October 6, 18 18, speaking of the beauty and
correctness of the drawings of insects by Mr. Cist, says : "Good
and correct figures are undoubtedly well calculated to advance
the knowledge of entomology. I am, therefore, the more solicit-
ous that you would give to the world your promising labor on,
and accompanied with descriptions, etc., of, the North American
insects. Such a work would be very serviceable to the student
of American insects." On the 15th of April, 1807, with Andrew
and George Way, and others, he founded the Washington city
glass works, drawing all the plans himself On his settlement at
Wilkes-Barre he tried for several years to found glass works
and a pottery at that point, but failed, though he found within
easy distance the clays, sand, manganese, etc., requisite to
the successful carrying on of these enterprises. Jacob Cist did
not know what it was to be idle ; he was busy from sunrise until
late in the night, either at science, music, poetry or painting, and
during business hours at his business ; he was a man ahead of
his limes, and an enigma to the good people of Wilkes-Barre,

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who pretty generally thought him an enthusiast, who was wast-
ing his time on bugs and stones. Many people have lived to
judge differently of him, and to appreciate his worth. He died
on Friday, the 30th day of December, 1825, aged forty-three
years. An obituary notice, published at the time, says : "In the
death of Mr. Cist, society has lost one of its most valuable mem-
bers, science one of its most ornamental and industrious cultiva-
tors, and the cause of public and internal improvements one of
its most able and zealous supporters. Modest and unassuming
in his manners, he sought no political preferment — was ambitious
of no public distinction. But like a true lover of science, sought
her in her quiet paths of peace. His researches into the geologi-
cal structure and formation of our portion of the country, and par-
ticularly into the anthracite coal regions of Pennsylvania, have
been extensive and indefatigable ; and while they have contrib-
uted to enrich the cabinets of many scientific men, both in this
country and in Europe, with mineralogical specimens, they have
also been a means of calling the attention of our citizens to those
vast mines of combustible treasures with which our mountains
abound, and which we trust under Providence of giving employ-
ment to thousands of industrious men and prosperity and wealth
to our county." The other local paper says: "In the death of
Mr. Cist the community has sustained the loss of an able and
industrious supporter of the cause of internal improvements. His
indefatigable zeal in devising and perfecting plans for the im-
provement of our country by-roads and inland navigation, and
by disseminating a knowledge of the extent, situation and value
of our extensive regions of coal, have rendered him a public ben-
efactor to our country. As a lover of the arts and sciences, his
loss will be no less felt by those persons at home and abroad with
whom he has been so extensively connected in their cultivation
and support. Unambitious of public distinction, he has sought
to render himself useful by devoting a considerable portion of his
time and services for the common benefit of his fellow citizens,
and by them will his loss long be regretted and his memory
affectionately cherished." He left to survive him the following
children : Mary Ann Cist, now deceased, intermarried with Na-
thaniel Rutter ; Ellen E. Cist, now deceased, first married to Rev.

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Robert Dunlap, D. D., and secondly to Nathaniel Rutter; Emily
L. Cist, married to Harrison Wright; Augusta Cist, married to
Andrew T. McClintock; and Sarah A. Cist, now deceased, in-
termarried with Peter T. Woodbury.

Matthias Hollenback, the father of Mrs. Jacob Cist, was the
grandson of George Hollenback, a German settler, " who owned
lands and paid quit-rents prior to 1734," in the township of Han-
over, Philadelphia (now Montgomery) county, Pa. John PIol-
lenback, a son of George Hollenback, was born about 1720, and
probably emigrated with his father to this country when but a
lad. The date of his arrival in this country is not known, but it
was before the year 1729. In 1750 John Hollenback took up
land in Lebanon township, Lancaster (now Lebanon) county, Pa.,
and in 1772 removed from that section of country to Martins-
burg, Berkeley county, Va., where he died. The wife of John
Hollenback was Eleanor Jones, of Welsh descent. Matthias
Hollenback, the second son of John Hollenback, was born at
Jonestown, Lancaster (now Lebanon) county, February 17, 1752.
He came to Wyoming in 1769, in a company of forty young men
from that part of the country. They were Stewarts, Espys and
others, and they came with the intention of settling and becom-
ing citizens under Connecticut laws, and aiding the Yankees in
keeping possession of this section of our state. They became
entitled to lands under a grant from the Susquehanna Land Com-
pany, which they acquired after they had been a short time in
the valley. On their way to Wyoming the company encamped
where Mauch Chunk is now situated, and after the coal interest
had called into existence a thriving town there, Mr. Hollenback
often humorously remarked that he ought to put in a claim to
that place, for he was first in possession. The forty adventurers
came into Wyoming through a notch of the mountains in what
is now Hanover ; and when the beautiful valley first broke upon
their sight, young Hollenback, the youngest of the company,
threw up his hat and exclaimed : " Hurrah, that's the place for
me." He began business at Mill Creek, but soon removed to
Wilkes- Barre ; and having purchased a lot on what is now the
west side of the Public Square, built a large frame house for a
store and dwelling. He purchased his goods in Philadelphia,

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which were taken to Middletown in wagons and then transported
by water to this and other places, where he had established
stores. The first method of transportation was by Indian canoes;
and he literally "paddled his own canoe" up the winding, rapid
Susquehanna the whole distance, one hundred and fifty miles,
many times, before he was able to procure a more capacious ves-
sel and to employ men to manage it. Then he purchased a
Durham boat, which he kept steadily employed. The present
road leading through the swamp was but a little path. Mr. Hol-
lenback in his business enterprises was prospered in a remarkable
manner, and soon acquired distinction and was promoted to po-
sitions of public trust and responsibility. On October 17, 1775,
he was commissioned as ensign in the "train-band in the 24th
regiment in his Majesty's colony of Connecticut." On August
26, 1776, he was appointed by congress to serve as ensign in
Captain Durkee's company of " minute men," a band raised for
the protection of the people in the valley. These Wyoming com-
panies were subsequently ordered to join General Washington's
army. Mr. Hollenback was with the army in New Jersey in
1776 and 1777, and took part in several battles. He was in the
battles of Millstone, Trenton, Princeton and Brandywine. That
he was a man of more than ordinary courage and tact is evident
from the fact that he was several times employed by Washington
to visit the frontier settlements and outposts and report upon
their condition. About the close of 1777, the settlement of
Wyoming being menaced by the enemy, many of the men who
were with the army came home, and among them was Mr. Hol-
lenback. During the spring of 1778 fears were entertained for
the safety of the frontier settlement of Wyoming, and as summer
approached a sense of insecurity and alarm pervaded the com-
munity. Frequent scouting parties were sent out to ascertain
the position of the enemy. On the ist of July Mr. Hollenback,
with a companion, was selected for the perilous duty. He pro-
ceeded sixteen miles up the river, where he came upon the fresh
trail of the Indians and tories on their march to attack the settle-
ment, and discovered also the bodies of several settlers who had
been killed and scalped. Taking these bodies into his canoe, he
immediately returned home and reported the presence of the

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enemy in great force. The inhabitants had already begun to
assemble at Forty Fort, and were actively preparing for the de-
fense of the valley. On the 3d of July, under the command of
Colonels Butler and Denison, the litde band marched forth to the
memorable battle of Wyoming. Mr. HoUenback took a promi-
nent part in this tragic action, acquitting himself with great gal-
lantry and honor. He escaped the terrible slaughter which fol-
lowed the defeat of the settlers, and after many thrilling adventures
and hardships reached his home late in the night. From there
he went directly to the fort situated on what is now the Public
Square of this city. He announced his name at the gate, heard
it repeated within. " HoUenback has come," was the joyful ex-
clamation. "No, no," responded the familiar voice of Nathan
Carey, "you'll never see Hjollenback again; he was on the right
wing ; I am sure he is killed." The gate was opened, however,
and Mr. HoUenback stepped in. It being dark, and there being
no candles, Mr. Carey lit a pine knot to see if it was really Mr,
HoUenback, and then, overwhelmed with joy, embraced him with
a brother's affection. At four o'clock he set out on an Indian
path to meet Spalding with his seventy men, for the pur-
pose of getting them into the fort at Wilkes-Barre. He met
them at Bear creek, but Captain Spalding declined the hazard.
Mr. HoUenback, however, so far prevailed as to induce fifteen or
twenty of the men to accompany him. On reaching the slope of
the mountain near Prospect Rock, he discovered his own house on
fire and savages in possession of the fort. Seeing all lost, he
promptly directed his energies to the relief of the sufferers. He
had procured from Spalding's commissary all the provisions he
could pack on his horse, and following the fugitives, mostly
women and children, he overtook them and led them through
the wilderness. After a few weeks he returned to the valley and
set about repairing his loss. His credit at Philadelphia being
good, he obtained a few goods and began the world anew. He
established his principal store at Wilkes-Barre, and branch stores
at Tioga Point (now Athens), at Newtown (now Elmira), and at
other places. He had partners in his various enterprises, several
of whom in after years became prominent in- the business world.
In 1 79 1 he was the business manager and purveyor for Pickering,

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while he was holding a treaty with the Indians at Newtown creek.
He was made a justice of the peace after the establishment of the
jurisdiction of Pennsj'lvania in Wyoming, and when the new con-
stitution was formed, was appointed an associate judge of Lu-
zerne county, in which capacity he served until the time
of his death, February 18, 1829, the day after he was seventy-
seven years of age. His first commission as lieutenant colonel
is dated in 1787, another is dated in 1792, and still another is
dated in 1793. The first of them was given by the executive
council of Pennsylvania, and bears the autograph of Benjamin
Franklin. He was a member of the board of trustees of the old
Wilkes-Barre academy from 1807 to 1829, and was the first
treasurer of Luzerne county. Colonel Hollenback always took
great interest in religious affairs and the welfare of the church.
He gave largely toward building the first church built in Wilkes-
Barre, and was generally punctual in his attendance upon the
services. His home was the home of ministers, and his hand
always open to them. He was in many respects an extraordinary
man, endowed with great capacity and courage, and with an
indomitable will which overcame all obstacles. In all his busi-
ness relations he was a pattern of punctuality, scrupulously faith-
ful to public trusts and private confidence. His powers of en-
durance were very remarkable; he took all his journeys on
horseback, and his business interests called him from Niagara to
Philadelphia. Between Wyoming and the New York state line
he owned immense tracts of wild land, which he often visited
unattended, traveling for days and even weeks through the wilds
of northern Pennsylvania, and being as much at home in the
wilderness as in his counting-room. Judge Hollenback exerted
much influence upon the progress and elevation of the country.
He provided employment for many poor laborers ; he furnished
supplies to multitudes of new settlers; he took an active part in
the early public improvements • he kept in circulation a large
capital ; and he was a living, almost ever-present example of
industry and economy. Not Wyoming alone, but the whole
country between Wilkes-Barre and Elmira, owes much of its early
development and present prosperity to the business arrangements
and the indomitable perseverance of Matthias Hollenback. Judge

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Hollenback was employed by Robert Morris, the agent of Louis
the Sixteenth, to provide a place of retreat for the royal house-
hold at some secluded spot on the Susquehanna. This was in
1793. He accordingly purchased twelve hundred acres of land
lying in the present county of Bradford (then Luzerne), and em-
bracing the locality where Frenchtown, in the township of Asy-
lum, was subsequently built. The unfortunate monarch, however,
never occupied this asylum in the wilds of Pennsylvania, albeit
many of his subjects did. Louis Philippe, the late "King of the
French," in 1795, came through "the Wind Gap" on horseback
to Wilkes-Barre, and then made his way up to Frenchtown.
[The children of Matthias Hollenback were Eleanor Jones Hol-
lenback, now deceased, married to Charles F. Welles, father of
Rev. H. H. Welles, of Kingston, John Welles Hollenback and
Edward Welles of this city. He had other children also — Mary
Ann Hollenback, married first to John Deshong, secondly to
John Laning ; Sarah Hollenback, married first to Jacob Cist, and
secondly to Hon. Chester Butler; and Hon. George Matson Hol-
lenback.]

The only son of Judge Hollenback, and the brother of Mrs.
Jacob Cist, was George Matson Hollenback, who, inheriting a
large fortune from his father, succeded him in many of his busi-
ness pursuits. In 1820 and 1821 he was treasurer of the county
of Luzerne. In 1824 and 1825 he represented the same county
in the legislature of the state. In 1842 he was appointed by
Governor Porter one of the canal commissioners of the state, but
his other business affairs allowed him to hold the commission
but a short time. He was president of the Wyoming bank at the
time of his decease, November 7, 1866, and had occupied that
responsible position for more than thirty years, and for nearly a
half century was connected with all the public affairs of the Wy-
oming valley.

Harrison Wright, the subject of our sketch, was the eldest son
of Harrison Wright and Emily Cist. He early developed those
mental traits which characterized his maturer manhood. Before
he was fifteen years of age he had acquired a marked taste for
history and the natural sciences, and he formed at that time an
interesting cabinet of specimens and objects illustrative of his

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several pursuits. After a preparatory course of study at his
home, he was, in 1867, matriculated as a student of philosophy
' at the university of Heidelberg, Germany. Upon the completion
of four years of studious application in his chosen branches of
learning, he was graduated in the spring of 1 871, with the degrees
of Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy. During his course
at the university he became remarkably proficient in the German
language and literature, and his natural aptitude for languages
led him to the study of the French and Italian tongues, with
both of which he became familiar. His especial study at Hei-
delberg was mineralogy; his excellence in his pursuit of this
science induced his preceptor, the late Professor Blum — the lead-
ing mineralogist of his time — to select Mr. Wright as assistant
professor of mineralogy; but a prolonged summer's absence from
the university led to the appointment of another. Much of his
time during vacation was spent in travel ; he visited many of the
capitals of Europe, and in seeking needed relaxation from the
duties of the university, he acquired much practical knowledge
of the customs and manners of the several countries. During
the time he spent in Rome, he studied the archaeology and ex-
plored many of the remains of the Ancient City. In this research
he became associated with the members of the Archaeological
Society of Rome, who, in appreciation of his tastes and scholarly
attainments, elected him a member of their society. He became
also an honorary member of the Papal Club, a social organization
of the officers of the Papal Guard.

He returned to America in the summer of 1871, and in the
following autumn he entered as a student of law in the office of
his uncle, Andrew T. McClintock, LL. D., of this city. After
the prescribed course of study, during which he exhibited a
marked aptitude for the dry precepts of the law, as for the more
congenial researches in literature and science, he was admitted
to the bar of Luzerne county, September 14, 1874, under circum-
stances which afforded ample assurance of his distinguished suc-
cess in a profession to which his family had contributed several
able members. But he, however, was attached to a vocation
which offered distinction of a different kind, and soon abandoned
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credit and commendation for his able services as one of three
auditors appointed by the court to make a special examination of
the accounts of the county; a work which involved the minutest
inquiry into its financial affairs for the preceding seven years, and
the auditing of all the accounts in their multitudinous details;
the practical results of which were the recovery of a large sum
of money and the exposure and punishment of the parties guilty
of the embezzlement. Mr. Wright was a democrat in politics,
and like all his father's family, positive in his convictions. In a
number of campaigns he accepted and intelligently and satisfac-
torily acquitted himself of the city contingent of the party. In
this way he won the confidence and esteem of the members of
his party, who repeatedly solicited him to accept political hon-
ors, but these offers, like the law, failed to lure him from the pur-
suits upon which his heart and ambition had long been set. He
was once regularly nominated for a seat in the legislature, with
such unanimity and cordiality as would almost certainly have
insured his election, but, though willing to do service in the
ranks whenever called upon, he peremptorily declined this
proffered and well deserved reward. His leaning, in part inher-
ited as I have already said, manifested in early youth and encour-
aged and intensified by his education, was towards literary and
scientific pursuits. To these he gave much attention, even when
studying and practicing law. He became a member of the Wyom-
ing Historical and Geological Society, was immediately assigned
a leading position in it, and found here a fruitful field for the em-
ployment of his varied talents. He took charge of and arranged its
extensive mineralogical and other collections, adding to them from
his own rich private stores and assiduously gathering valuable con-
tributions from other sources. He prepared numerous papers of
much value and interest on a diversity of subjects; he accumulated,
by persistent research, many previously undiscovered facts in the
history of the valley and of the coal-trade, until every material
incident of each — so thorough was his study and so retentive his
memory — was before him like the words upon a printed page,
which enabled him at all times to answer with great clearness and
accuracy all inquiries concerning either of these subjects. When
the late Isaac S. Osterhout decided upon his munificent bequest

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for the founding of a public library in Wilkes-Barre, Harrison
Wright was in the midst of these labors and had achieved the
reputation of being perhaps the best historical and scientific
authority in the community, and the testator's thoughts natural-
ly turned to him as one fitted in all respects to take a leading
part in executing the trust, and he appointed him one of the
trustees. Had he lived he would have been of inestimable ser-
vice in the preliminary arrangements for and securing the prac-
tical operation of the library in accordance with the generous
designs of its founder. All who knew Harrison Wright must
have been impressed with his unselfish and generous disposition,
his genial companionship, his thoughtful and kindly considera-
tion in all his relationships, and his warm and true friendship, as
well as by his scholarly attainments, the wide scope of his mental
powers, and his extended and accurate learning in many and
diverse branches of human knowledge. His time, his talents,
and his means were but instruments toward the attainment of his
honorable ambition, the endeavor to let light in where darkness
had previously prevailed and open thoroughfares in the hitherto
trackless places in history and science. And in the every day
relations of life, there are many who could attest that his gener-
osity was only bounded by his ability to give. His capacity for
labor — the exacting labor of the fields to which his inclinations
led him — was exceptionable. He did not deny himself reason-
able recreation, but what he esteemed to be his duty was never
permitted to wait upon pleasures to which he was invited, and
the secrets of his success and of the results achieved in so short
a lifetime were his steadfastness of purpose and his continuity of
application. Where his strong sympathies led, his energies fol-
lowed. When there was a new duty to be performed, he was
never too overburdened to undertake it, though other tasks in
various stages of progress were piled high before him. It is not
often that we can speak thus in praise of the achievements of one
so young as Harrison Wright was when he died, and yet abide
within the strict limits of the truth ; but our friend was one among
a thousand. His sudden and generally unexpected departure
from among us has left a void in our ranks it will be difficult, if
not impossible, to fill. It is inexcusably ungrateful in the midst

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of the Maker's many and munificent providences, to speak of any-
earthly loss as irreparable, but the loss of Harrison Wright to
this society is as nearly irreparable as any loss could be.

MONTGOMERY JOSEPH FLANAGAN.

Montgomery Joseph Flanagan, who was admitted to the bar
of Luzerne county. Pa., June 12, 1876, was a native of Potts-
ville, Pa., where he was born August 27, 1842. He read law
with A. H. Winton, in Scranton, but practiced principally in this
city. He was the son of William Flanagan and his wife Catha-
rine Gannon, daughter of Timothy Gannon, who were natives of
Ireland. He died February i, 1880, at the residence of his
mother in Plymouth, Pa. Mr. Flanagan was an unmarried man.

WILLIAM JOSEPH PHILBIN.

William Joseph Philbin, who was admitted to the bar of Lu-
zerne county. Pa., November 22, 1876, was a native of Jenkins
township, in this county, where he was born January 11, 1854.
His father, Michael J. Philbin, was a native of county Mayo,
Ireland, where he was born in 18 19. He emigrated to this
country in 1838 and settled in Washington, Dutchess county, N.
Y. He removed to this county in 1844 and located at Port
Griffith, in Jenkins township, where he engaged in the hotel
business. His hotel was subsequently burned out. He then
built a store and engaged in mercantile pursuits, which he con-
tinued until the spring of 1865. In 1859, during his residence
at Port Griffith, he was elected captain of the Emmet Guards,
Second Brigade, Ninth Division of Uniformed Militia of Pennsyl-
vania. He was elected a justice of the peace in i860. In 1864 he
was elected prothonotary of Luzerne county for a term of three

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years, and was reelected in 1 867 for another term of three years .
After the expiration of his second term as prothonotary, he be-
came the proprietor of the Exchange hotel, in this city. Aban-
doning the hotel business, he was elected an alderman of the fifth
ward of this city for a term of iive years, and was serving his
second term at the time of his death, November 5, 1879. He
took a very active part in the incorporation of this city and was
elected its first treasurer in 1871. He was also a member of the
board of prison commissioners of Luzerne county. His daugh-
ter, Julia, became the wife of P. J. O'Hanlon, of the Luzerne
county bar. William J. Philbin was an unmarried man and died
in Brooklyn, N. Y., August 29, 1882.

FRIEND AARON WHITLOCK.

Friend Aaron Whitlock, who was admitted to the bar of Lu-
zerne county, Pa., April 3, 1877, was a native of Exeter township,
Luzerne county, Pa., where he was born December 30, 1850.
His grandfather was Lewis Whitlock and his father was Enoch
Whitlock. The Whitlocks were old settlers of Exeter township,
and the name is to be found in the list of taxables in 1796. The
mother of F. A. Whitlock was Mary Sickler, a daughter of John
Sickler, of Exeter. Mr. Whitlock was educated in the public
schools of his native township and in a select school in Illinois.
He read law with W. G. Ward, in Scranton, and practiced in that
city and Wamego, Kansas. While he resided in the latter place
he was elected a justice of the peace. He married, in 1879, Eva
Walter. Mr. Whitlock died November 24, 1 880.

DANIEL STREBEIGH BENNET.

Daniel Strebeigh Bennet was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county. Pa, June ii, 1877. He was the son of the late George
Bennet, of Montoursville, Pa., whose wife was Martha Strebeigh,

1364 Daniel Strebeigh Bennet.

a daughter of Daniel Strebeigh, of Montoursville. He was the
son of Andrew Bennet and grandson of Thomas Bennet. (See
page 630.) D. S. Bennet was born at Fairfield, near WilHams-
port, Pa., September 3, 1853. ^^ was brought up on his father's
farm, and received the advantages of such district and public
schools as his neighborhood afforded, and afterwards was gradu-
ated with distinguished honors by the Pennsylvania state college
in 1875. While there he took the prescribed three years' course
in military tactics, thus fitting him for the position he was subse-
quently to occupy in the militia of the state. Soon after grad-
uating he came to Wilkes-Barre and entered as a law student
with E. P. & J. V. Darling. From a child he had a passion for
a military life, and when only ten years old he participated in the
battle of Gettysburg as a drummer boy attached to an indepen-
dent company. Much of the credit is due him for the high
standard which our local militia has reached. He was instru-
mental in organizing Company F of the Ninth Regiment, N. G.
P., and was elected its captain July 14, 1870. On October 30 of
the same year he was elected a major of the Ninth Regiment,
and at the time of his death ranked as third major in the National
Guard of Pennsylvania. In March, 1884, he was appointed quar-
termaster of the Third Brigade, on the staff of General J. K. Sieg-
fried, with the rank of major. Major Bennet's industry and
integrity soon won him an enviable place at the Luzerne bar, and
even in the few years during which he had practiced he built up
a legal business that would do credit to a much older man. He
was a worker in the legal profession, as he was in everything
which he undertook, and mastered every obstacle which pre-
sented itself In June, 1883, he was elected a director of the
Third school district, and was such at the time of his death. He
discharged the duties of that trust with fidelity and marked satis-
faction. In politics he was a republican, and one of the most
active workers in the local organizations, notably the republican
league of Wilkes-Barre. In August, 1884, he was nominated by
acclamation for assembly from the First legislative district, com-
prising the city of Wilkes-Barre, and on the day following he was
prostrated with the illness which caused his death. In 1880
Major Bennet was united in marriage to Mary Margaret Myers,

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daughter of Lawrence Myers, of this city. He died September
16, 1884. His widow, now Mrs. John P. Yeager, survived him.
They left no children. During the summer of 1884 Major Ben-
net found that too close application to business had overtaxed
his strength, and he participated in the state camp of the National
Guard at Gettysburg, with the belief that the change of scene
would fully restore him. On the contrary, it seems to have
planted the seeds of that insidious disease, typhoid fever, which,
•before he was aware of it, had taken a firm and relentless hold of
him. He returned to participate in the excitement of a political
canvass, and no sooner was his object accomplished, and his nom-
ination secured, than his bodily powers gave way and he took to
his bed, his physician predicting a serious illness by reason of
having deferred so long in seeking medical advice, and he died
within a month.

WILLIAM ROBERTS KINGMAN.

William Roberts Kingman was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county, Pa., November 12, 1878. He was a native of Charles-
ton, South Carolina, where he was born January r, 1838. He
belonged to an old and wealthy family and great care was taken
with his education. He was sent to college early, and graduated
from Columbia university with high honors when but twenty-
two years of age. So greatly were his talents esteemed that
immediately after leaving college he was offered the principalship
of the high school at Charleston, a preparatory school of good
standing. This position he held until soon after the breaking out
of the late civil war. He was an ardent supporter of the south-
ern cause, and enlisted as a private. He rose to the rank of cap-
tain of an artillery company, and for a time served on the staff
of one of the Confederate generals. At the close of the war he
returned to his position as principal of the Charleston high
school, which he successfully conducted until 1870, when the
school was broken up on account of a virulent outbreak of
small-pox among the students. Shortly afterwards he visited

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Wilkes-Barre, and while here was impressed with the field which
this city afforded for a first-class preparatory school. After a few
months, passed in adjusting his affairs in the south, he returned
here in 1871 and opened his academy in the old Presbyterian
school house. For three or four years the school flourished and
turned out excellent scholars, and Mr. Kingman finally turned
his attention to the preparation of pupils for college. During all
this time, and in fact ever since he left college, he had studied
more or less for the bar, his chosen profession being that of a
lawyer. After the close of his school he continued his studies
with redoubled ardor, in the office of E. P. Darling. Between
the close of the school and his entering the profession of the law
he occupied the position of bookkeeper at the First National
bank. He was at one time one of the "seven years" auditors, to
audit the accounts of the county officers. Mr. Kingman was a
man of rare mental endowments. He had the true instinct of a
Southern gentleman, and his politeness was proverbial. Mild
and unassuming in his manner, he was little known outside of his
own social circle, yet wherever known he was a favorite. He
never married. He died in this city August 23, 1884. The
mother of Mr. Kingman was Mary Roberts, who was a sister of
the first wife of the late O. B. Hillard, of this city.

AARON JARED DIETRICK.

Aaron Jared Dietrick was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county. Pa., December 11, 1880. He came from German stock,
his parents emigrating from Germany, and settling in Northamp-
ton county. Pa., removing afterwards to Columbia county, Pa.
He was born, April 6, 1822, in Briarcreek township, Columbia
county, and his early days were spent on the farm of his father,
John Dietrick. Until quite a lad he could speak only the lan-
guage of his parents, and his family still possess the bible of his
boyhood days, printed in German. He became later a fine Ger-
man scholar, and earned many a valuable retainer by this fact.

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and when he became a judge he more than once conducted a
case entirely in German. He was apprenticed as a blacksmith
when a lad, but did not complete this course of training, his tal-
ents inciting him towards one of the professions. After attend-
ing the district schools of his neighborhood, he became a pupil
in Berwick academy, and afterwards . in Wyoming seminary, at
Kingston. After leaving these he entered as a law student with
M. E. Jackson, of Berwick, supporting himself meanwhile by
teaching school in the township where he was born. He was
admitted to the bar, at Danville, August 14, 1847, ^^er which he
practiced law nine years in Laporte, Sullivan county, Pa. While
there he held the office of deputy district attorney three terms,
and served two terms as county treasurer. While residing in
Sullivan county he received the nomination of his district for
state senator, but was defeated in the election. In 1856 he
removed to Williamsport, Pa., where he settled and engaged in
the practice of the law. In January, 1864, he removed to Wash-
ington, D. C, and became interested in the settlement of claims
before the different departments of the government. He resided
in Washington about four years, when he returned to William-
sport, April I, 1868, and resumed the practice of his profession.
He also served as revenue commissioner for that judicial district.
After the adoption of the Wallace law by the city of Williams-
port, he was appointed city recorder by Governor Geary, on
March 27, 1868, which office he held until 1875. Before the
expiration of his term the new constitution was adopted, which
retired him. At the ensuing election, June 4, 1876, Judge
Dietrick was elected and commissioned to serve five years. It
was here that he derived his title of judge, the office of city
recorder being a tribunal of limited civil and criminal jurisdic-
tion. At one time he was business manager of the Williamsport
Gazette and Bulletin, and it was through his efforts mainly that
the old Gazette and the West Branch Bulletin were consolidated,
November 22, 1869. In 1880 he resigned his office of city
recorder, and removed to this city.

Judge Dietrick was twice married, his first wife being Catha-
rine E. Burke, daughter of William Burke, whom he met while
teaching at Briarcreek. Three children suvive this union — Wil-

1368 John Searle Courtright.

lard M. Dietrick, who was treasurer of the Williamsport school
board, Ezra P. Dietrick, and Franklin Pierce Dietrick, the latter
two being the Philadelphia shoe manufacturing firm of E. P.
Dietrick & Company. Judge Dietrick was married a second time
to Mary S. Kellog, of East Smithfield, Bradford county, Pa., who
survived him, as do their two children — Edward H. Dietrick and
Carrie M. Dietrick. Judge Dietrick was a consistent member of
the Congregational church in Williamsport, and upon his com-
ing to this city he united by letter with the First Presbyterian
church. He was a man universally respected and revered, and
as far as known had not an enemy. His gentleness of manner
and evenness of disposition were his striking qualities, and he
was never known to lose his temper even under the most trying
circumstances. In his home he was a devoted husband and lov-
ing father, in the community he was a faithful citizen, in the
church he was an unassuming but sincere member, in the legal
profession he occupied an eminent position. He died in this
city September 8, 1884. He had been ill about a year, his
trouble dating with a business trip to Kansas in August, 1883,
where he was interested in a mineral spring property. His health
rapidly failed, and a change of scene — first to Atlantic City and
then to Lake Carey — was powerless to check the ravages of his
disease, which was a complication of bladder and kidney disor-
ders. Throughout his illness he had been a most patient sufferer,
and even when his malady was most excrutiating not a murmur
escaped his lips, he calming the anxiety of his family by saying
that it might be worse.

JOHN SEARLE COURTRIGHT.

John Searle Courtright was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county, Pa., January 1 1, 1876. He is a descendant of Benjamin
Courtright, whose son, Cornelius Courtright, a native of Minni-
sink, N. J., near the Delaware Water Gap, was the first of the
name in this county. He was born March 7, 1764, and was one

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of the prominent men of his day. He was one of the commis-
sioners of Luzerne county in the years 1813, 1814 and 1815,
1830, 1 83 1 and 1832. In 18 16 he was a candidate for state sen-
ator in the district composed of Northumberland, Columbia,
Union, Luzerne and Susquehanna counties, but was defeated
by Charles Frazer. On January i, 1806, he was appointed
a justice of the peace. He held the office until 1840. In 1820,
1 82 1 and 1823 he was a member of the legislature of Penn-
sylvania. He was a large landholder in this county, his first pur-
chase being made December 30, 1789, from William Hooker
Smith, and his second, September 19, 1791, from Timothy Pick-
ering. He died at his home in Plains township, in this county,
May 25, 1848. His wife, whom he married October i, 1786,
was Catharine Kennedy, a daughter of John Kennedy, a native
of Dublin, Ireland. Benjamin Courtright, son of Cornelius Court-
right, was born in now Plains township, March 19, 1789. He
was a farmer the greater part of his life. He died at the residence
of his son, J. Milton Courtright, in this city, January 22, 1867.
His wife was Clarissa Williams, daughter of Thomas Williams.
(See page 157). James Courtright, son of Benjamin Courtright,
was born in Plains township, November 3, 1831. He is a resi-
dent of this city, and was treasurer of Luzerne county from Dec-
ember 22, 1873 to December 29, 1875. The wife of James Court-
right is Ruth G., daughter of John Searle and his wife, Mary
Stark, daughter of Henry Stark. (See pages 389, 566 and 1228).
John Searle was the son of Constant Searle. (See page 1255).
John S. Courtright, son of James Courtright, was born at Plains-
ville. Pa., July 21, 1855. He was educated in this city; and at
Wyoming seminary, Kingston, Pa. He read law in this city
with ex- Governor Henry M. Hoyt, and at Montrose, Pa., with D.
W. Searle. After practicing a few years in this city he removed
to Montrose, Pa., where he now resides. He married, in Jan-
uary, 1877, Ella V. Lathrop, of Montrose, Pa., a daughter of
Azur Lathrop, son of Benjamin Lathrop. The latter was the
son of Walter Lathrop, who removed from Connecticut to Lu-
zerne (now Susquehanna) county, Pa., in 1803. Benjamin La-
throp was an associate judge of Susquehanna county from 1841
to 1846. His wife was a daughter of Asahel Avery, who removed

1370 John Richard Jones.

from New London county, Conn., to Susquehanna county in
1 801. Mr. and Mrs. Courtright have one child — Sarah Lathrop
Courtright. Mr. Courtright comes, as will be seen, from a stock
not a few scions of which have made their mark in the commu-
nities in which they have severally resided. He has won for
himself, at the bar, a place that does credit both to himself and
to the distinguished gentlemen by whom his preliminary studies
were supervised.

JOHN RICHARD JONES.

John Richard Jones was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county.
Pa., June 8, 1880. He is the son of Edward Jones, who was born
near St. Donats, Wales, in 18 14. He was educated at Cambridge
scientific school, and came to America in 1836 to avoid a sea
faring life for which his parents had intended him. He entered
the employ of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company at Car-
bondale, Pa., as a miner, and was in a few years promoted to be
a mine boss, and in 1854 was placed in charge of the company's
mines in Archbald, Pa., where he remained until 1858, when he
became a partner in the successful coal firm of Eaton & Company, at
that place. In the fall of that year in company with two partners,
he commenced operations which led to the successful develop-
ment of the coal fields of Olyphant, Pa., which were continued
until 1864, under the firm name of E. Jones & Company, and
then sold out their interest to the Delaware & Hudson Canal
Company. He was afterwards employed by the Erie Railway
Company in developing and perfecting their extensive collieries
near Carbondale, and is now actively connected with coal opera-
tions as a member of the firm of Jones, Simpson & Company, and
also as president of the Pierce Coal Company. In 1875 he was
elected a director of the Merchants' & Mechanics' bank, of Scran-
ton. In 1876 he was the candidate of the republican party for
congress in the twelfth congressional district of Pennsylvania,
but was defeated by a majority of two hundred and eighty-six
votes in favor of his democratic competitor, William H. Stanton.
As a business man, he is prudent and sagacious. As a practical
geologist, he has few if any superiors in the mining regions. If

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an unblemished reputation, a life spent in successfully developing
the material resources of our country, and a well balanced mind
are evidences by which it is safe to judge, it is not an exaggera-
tion to call Edward Jones a successful man. He was burgess
of the borough of Blakely in 1870 and 1871. He was also
elected the first justice of the peace of the borough. He mar-
ried, August 4, 1846, in New York, Mary E. Jones, a daughter of
Richard Jones, a woolen manufacturer of Landilas, Montgomery-
shire, Wales. John Richard Jones, son of Edward Jones, and Mary
E. Jones, was born in the village of Archbald, Pa., on May 27, 1856.
In 1858 his parents moved to Blakely, opposite the town of Oly-
phant, where he now resides. The subject of our sketch was edu-
cated in the common schools of Olyphant, and when seventeen
years of age was sent away to boarding school. He was educated at
Keystone academy at Factoryville and at the well-known Wyom-
ing seminary. He remained about three years at these institu-
tions, and then on September 28, 1876, entered Harvard Law
School at Cambridge, Mass. On June 25, 1879, after pursuing
a three years' thorough course in the common law, he graduated
and received the degree of Legibus Baccalaurei, (LL. B.) He
was admitted March 12, 1878, to practice law at the celebrated
Middlesex bar, in the county of Middlesex, Mass. After passing
a creditable examination by a board of examiners, composed of
three of the most prominent members of that bar, September 23,
1879, he entered the law office of Alexander Farnham, Esq., at
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and remained there until June 8 following,
when he was admitted upon motion of Andrew T. McClintock,
Esq. — Mr. Farnham being absent from the city — to practice law
in all the courts of Luzerne county. He practiced at our bar
until October 8, 1 880, when he entered the law office of R. W.
Archbald, Esq., at Scranton, and was, on the same day, on motion
of that gentleman, admitted to practice law in all the courts of
Lackawanna county. He remained with Mr. Archbald until the
latter was elected to the bench in 1884. Mr. Jones then removed
his office from the Third National bank building into the Coal
Exchange, where he is now engaged in the practice of his profes-
sion, which is large and extensive, his clients being from all
parts of the county. He is counsel for many of the boroughs

1372 John Richard Jones.

and school districts in that vicinity. Strict integrity and fidelity
have characterized all his dealings with his clients, and he has
the respect and esteem of everybody who knows him. He is a
member of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, a member of the
United States Circuit Court for the western district of Pennsyl-
vania, and was recently admitted as a member of the Supreme
Court of the United States, at Washington, D. C. In politics
Mr. Jones is a republican. At present he is the chairman of the
Republican Committee of the Fourth legislative district. He
has represented his ward as delegate in nearly every republican
county convention for the past five or six years, and has prob-
ably made more nominating speeches than any other person
during those years ; notably among them was the second to the
nomination of R. W. Archbald, for additional law judge in the
convention of July, 1884, in an effective speech which is still re-
membered by all who heard it ; the nomination of Hon. Joseph
A. Scranton for congress in the convention of August, 1885, and
on the same day the nomination of Hon. J. B. Van Bergen for
county treasurer. He was secretary of the convention of 1884,
and was a member of the republican county committee for the
same year, and. did excellent service for his party. The repub-
lican electors of the Fourth legislative district (old Eighth dis-
trict) have frequently unanimously chosen him to represent them
in state conventions. He was a delegate to the state conven-
tion which met at Harrisburg, July 8, 1885, when Hon. Matthew
Stanley Quay was nominated for state treasurer. This conven-
tion made him a member of the state committee for Lackawanna
county. Again he represented his district in the state conven-
vention held at the same place June 30, 1886, and was made one
of the vice-presidents of the same. In this convention he sec-
onded the nomination of General E. S. Osborne for congressman-
at-large in a strong and vigorous speech. Hon. Lazarus D.
Shoemaker, of Wilkes-Barre, made the nominating speech. He
was one of the three delegates from Lackawanna county that
voted for Senator Davis, thus securing to him the nomination of
lieutenant governor. Had the three delegates — Dale, Mitchell
and Jones — voted against the senator, the nomination would
have gone to Major Montooth, of Pittsburg, so close was the

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contest waged. In the state convention held August 17, 1887,
he was a delegate and was appointed a member oi" the commit-
tee on permanent organization. He represented his district
in the republican state convention held at Harrisburg, Pa.,
August 7, 1889, and was again appointed one of the vice-
presidents of that body. He was first commissioned a notary
public by Governor Henry M. Hoyt and has continued to
hold that office for the past seven years. He is a member of
the Blakely school board, having been reelected for a second
term, and has served as secretary of said board for three years.
He is also a director of the poor of Blakely Poor District, and is
secretary of that body. Thus it will be seen that he has the re-
spect and confidence of the people. The committee of Veterans
of the Grand Army of the Republic selected him to deliver the
address of welcome at Olyphant on August 17, 1888, the occa-
sion being the tenth annual reunion of the Five-County Veteran
Association. In 1888 he was spoken of as an available candidate
for district attorney of Lackawanna county, Pa. Had H. M. Ed-
wards accepted the nomination of additional law judge of Lacka-
wanna county, which was tendered him, Mr. Jones would have
been nominated for district attorney. He married, December 4,
1884, Lizzie Eugenia Kenyon, a daughter of Rev. Jefferson B.
Kenyon, a native of Pawling, N. Y. He rernoved to Blakely in
1832, and in 1836 married Rhoda H. Callender, a daughter of
Samuel Callender, of Blakely. Mr. Kenyon was one of the
earliest resident pastors of the Baptist church of Blakely, and
retired from active service in 1871. He was an active member of
the Blakely poor board and was the first burgess of that borough.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones have a family of two children — Marshall
Gray Jones and Helen Payne Jones.

GEORGE BAKER HILLMAN.

George Baker Hillman was born in this city May 21, 1867.
He is the great-grandson of Joseph Hillman, whose son, H. B.
Hillman was a native of Montgomery Square, Pa., where he
spent his young manhood. At an early day he removed to

1374 George Baker Hillman.

Mauch Chunk, Pa., where he was a partner in the mercantile
business with ,Asa Packer, under the firm name of Packer &
Hillman. Before the days of railroading in the Lehigh Valley,
he ran packet boats between Mauch Chunk and Easton, and also
between White Haven and Mauch Chunk. In 1842 he removed
to this city and was one of the early coal operators in the Wyom-
ing Valley. In 1847 he shipped ten thousand tons of coal from
the old Blackman and Solomons Gap or Ross mines, to New
York and Philadelphia on the Lehigh & Susquehanna Railroad.
This was the first considerable amount of coal sent from this val-
ley by that route. He for a time kept the old Eagle Hotel at
the corner of Market and Franklin streets, where the Second
National Bank now stands, but his principal business was that of
a coal operator during his lifetime. In 1853 and 1854 he was
burgess of the borough of Wilkes-Barre. In 1 861 he was 3 mem-
ber of the house of representatives, and was at one time a colonel
in the militia, and he was known by young and old as Colonel
Hillman. He died March 17, 1882. He married, May 4, 1831,
Elizabeth Pryor, a daughter of John Pryor, a native of Mount
Holly, N. J. His wife was Keziah Woodbury, a daughter of
Richard Woodbury, of Mount Holly, and from whom the vil-
lage of Woodbury, N. J. received its name. Mrs. Hillman is
still living. H. B. HiUman, son of Colonel H. B. Hillman was
born in Mauch Chunk, Pa., April 12, 1834. He has been en-
gaged in the coal business the greater part of his manhood. In
1 886 he lost his eldest son, Harry G. Hillman, twenty years of age,
a bright and promising student of the Wilkes-Barre academy.
As a memorial of this son the Harry Hillman academy owes its
existence. We quote from its catalogue : " The admirable
school building of the academy was erected by Mr. H. Baker
Hillman, of this city. It is designed as a memorial of his eldest
son, Harry Grant Hillman, a devoted pupil of the academy, whose
untimely death was lamented by all who knew him. The lot and
the building upon it are solely Mr. Hillman's gift. It is situated
near the corner of West River and Terrace streets. The build-
ing, with a heavy foundation of stone, is of brick laid in red
mortar. The cornices and sills are of cut stone ; the ornamenta-
tion is of terra-cotta. Externally it is of a handsome appearance.

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and is highly creditable to the generosity which gave it, and to
the public appreciation which maintains it. The interior of the
building is planned from sketches made by the teachers, and is
therefore well adapted to its special uses. The first floor con-
tains a large study room, with ample space for one hundred and
thirty-five single desks, two capacious cloak rooms, and a sepa-
rate room in the rear for the primary department. On the second
floor are four large recitation rooms, an office, a reception room,
and a library room. The chapel and two large rooms for the
literary and scientific societies of the academy occupy the third
floor. Throughout the building there is plenty of air-space.
The ceilings are high ; the hall-ways are wide ; the rooms are
spacious. The building is heated and lighted throughout and
well furnished." H. B. Hillman is president of the board of
trustees of the Harry Hillman academy ; a director of the
Peoples' Bank ; secretary and director of the Vulcan Iron Works ;
vice president and director of the Glen Summit Hotel Company,
and a director of the Electric Light Company. He is also a
vestryman in St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal church. In 1871
and 1872 he was a councilman in this city. His wife, whom he
married February 19, 1862, is Josephine A. Hillman, daughter of
Joseph Hillman, of Nazareth, Pa., where he resided until he was
elected sheriff of Northampton county. Pa., when he removed to
Easton, Pa. George Baker Hillman, son of H. B. Hillman, was
educated in the public schools of this city and the Harry Hill-
man academy. He received his law education at the law de-
partment of the University of Pennsylvania, and was under the
instruction of Wayne McVeigh, of Philadelphia, and Dickson
(A. H.), and Atherton (T. H.), of this city. He was admitted to
the Luzerne county bar December 10, 1888. He is now in
Europe travelling with his father's family. It is too soon, per-
haps, to make an entirely safe prediction as to Mr. Hillman's future
in his chosen profession. He appears, however, to have inherited,
in large part, the keen and prudent business instincts of his father,
and these, with the exceptional advantages he has had in the dis-
tinguished legal standing of the gentlemen who were his tutors,
constitute an equipment that should open up to him a succcess-
ful and prosperous career.

1376 William John Trembath.

GEORGE WASHINGTON MOON.

George Washington Moon was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county, Pa., December lo, 1888. He was educated in the public
schools and high school, Easton, Pa., and Lafayette college, Eas-
ton, Pa., from which he graduated in the class of 1885, and read
law with N. Taylor in this city. Mr. Moon was born inScranton,
Pa., July 4, i860, and is the son of Silas R. Moon, a native of
Scott township, Luzerne (now Lackawanna) county, Pa., who was
the son of Henry Moon, a native of Dutchess county, N. Y. His
mother is Mary E. Ward-, a native of Scranton, and daughter of
Conrad Ward, of that city. Mr. Moon has had the benefit of a
good practical education as above shown, and is possessed of a
patient energy that is invaluable in any walk of life, and especially
in that of an attorney seeking to establish a practice. In the op-
portunities his professional career has thus far afforded (neces-
sarily limited, because of the brief period that has elapsed since
his admission), he has evinced an aptitude in analyzing a case and
applying the features of the law that most closely fit it, that
presage an ultimately paying and successful business.

WILLIAM JOHN TREMBATH.

William John Trembath was admitted to the Luzerne county
bar December 10, 1888. He is the son of Thomas Trembath, a
prominent hotel keeper of this city, a native of Penzance, Corn-
wall, England, who left his home at the age of nineteen, and
was among the early adventurers to the gold fields of Cali-
fornia and Australia. He came to this city in 1873, and has re-
sided here since. His wife, the mother of W. J. Trembath, whom
he married at Penzance, was Adelaide Love, of the same place.
She was the daughter of Samuel Love, captain of a merchant
vessel trading at Penzance. He was lost at sea. W. J. Trem-
bath, son of Thomas Trembath, was born at Ballarat in the
province of Victoria, Australia, December 16, 1859. At three

William Irwin Hibbs. 1377

years of age his father removed again to England, where he re-
mained until William was six years of age, when he removed
to this country. W. J. Trembath was educated in the public
schools of this city, at Wyoming seminary, Kingston, Pa.,
and at Lafayette college, Easton Pa., graduating from the latter
institution in the class of 1885. He read law with Nathaniel
Taylor in this city. Among the quieter, hard-working younger
members of the Luzerne bar, Mr. Trembath has already attracted
no little attention. He is in no degree averse to, or afraid of the
persistent and often wearisome labor that almost invariably is re-
quired in the building up of a legal practice, where high social
influence or other adventitious aids are lacking, and herein dis-
plays a characteristic that almost always presages victory in the
profession. He is a close student, has keen perceptions, is a
ready reasoner and handles a case with much skill.

WILLIAM IRWIN HIBBS.

William Irwin Hibbs was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county, Pa., March 11, 1889. He is the son of Edward Mont-
gomery Hibbs, a native of Bucks county, Pa., and grandson
of John Hibbs, a native of the same county, who removed to
Greenwood township, Juniata county, Pa., over fifty years since.
The wife of E. M. Hibbs and mother of W. I. Hibbs, is Catha-
rine Potter, daughter, of John Potter, of Delaware township, Ju-
niata county, Pa. W. I. Hibbs was born in Greenwood town-
ship, near Thompsontown, Pa., June 3, 185 1. He was educated
at the Millersville (Pa.) normal school and followed the occu-
pation of a teacher for seventeen years. He read law with L. E.
Atkinson, and was admitted to the bar of Juniata county. Pa.,
February 4, 1889. Mr. Hibbs' office is in Pittston, Pa. Nearly
a score of years devoted to educational matters are not a bad
groundwork for a legal career. The profession of school teach-
ing is one in the pursuit of which there are many opportunities
for acquiring knowledge that practice at the bar will develop
profitable use for. It yields also a knowledge of human nature.

1378 James Lincoln Morris.

which is not by any means the least useful accomplishment a
lawyer can have. Mr. Hibbs has taken hold in the rapidly grown
town to the north of us in a way that seems to premise the ulti-
mate attainment by him of a first-class position in the line of prac-
ticing attorneys.

JAMES LINCOLN MORRIS.

James Lincoln Morris was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county, Pa., April 22, 1889. He is the son of Michael W. Morris,
a native of Loughcurra, in the county of Galway, Ireland, where
he was born March i, 1830. The latter emigrated to this
country in 1847, and located in Hawley, Pa. For six years he
was engaged as clerk in a store and post office; for two years in the
office of the Pennsylvania Coal Company, and for one year was in
business for himself In 1856 he removed to Pittston, where he
has resided since. His principal business since he has resided
in this county has been the mercantile and milling business. He
is at present a member of the firm of Morris & Walsh, proprietors
of the Keystone Roller Mills in this city. Mr. Morris has been
a member of the school board of Pittston for fifteen years, and
about all the school buildings that have been erected in that
borough were erected during the time that Mr. Morris was on
the board. He was treasurer of the Pittston school board for five
years, and about the same length of time he was treasurer of the
borough. He has been a director and treasurer of the Pittston
Street Railway Company for fifteen years, and a director for
eighteen years and one of the organizers of the Miners' Savings
Bank, of Pittston. He is one of the most prominent Father Mat-
thew men in the county, having taken the pledge from Father
Matthew in 1842. He was for eighteen years treasurer of the
Catholic Total Abstinence Union, of Pennsylvania. This office
he resigned in June last. Mr. Morris was an original abolitionist,
and on the organization of the republican party became one of
its most active workers. In 1861 he was the candidate of the
republican party for treasurer of Luzerne county. He was
elected with the aid of the army vote, but that vote being de-

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clared unconstitutional, he was defeated by James Walsh, his
democratic competitor. Mr. Morris was an ardent admirer of
Horace Greely, and when he became a candidate for president,
was active in the canvass, and upon his defeat became a demo-
crat and has been active in its organization since. He married,
June II, 1857, Bridget E. Mulligan, a daughter of James Mulli-
gan. He has a family of four children — James L., John W., Alice,
wife of Eugene Mulligan, of this city, and Mary. James L.
Morris, son of M. W. Morris, was born in Pittston, Pa., May 12,
i860. He was educated in the academy of the Immaculate
Heart, at Pittston ; in the public schools ; and attended, for three
years, the college of St. Hyancinthe, near Montreal, Quebec,
Canada. He graduated from the Georgetown (D. C.) Univer-
sity in the class of 1882. He spent one year in the law depart-
ment of Georgetown University and completed his law studies in
the office of E. P. and J. V. Darling in this city. He has been a
correspondent of the Scranton Republican, and of the Union-
Leader of this city, and is at present one of the editors of the
Plainspeaker, at Hazleton. He is also one of the court clerks.
In 1888 he was secretary of the democratic county committee.
Mr. Morris is a young man of many excellent attainments. He
has a wide acquaintance in all parts of the county, following upon
his journalistic experience and his occupancy of the position of
court clerk, and being of sunny disposition and genial manners,
has made himself generally liked. His court clerkship neces-
sarily gave him no little knowledge of the law and a familiarity
with the methods of practice that must needs stand any observant
and intelligent young man in good stead. His tastes incline
him to continue giving part of his time to newspaper work, but
his chances at the bar are among the best, if he shall see fit to
give his attention chiefly to them.

THOMAS DARLING.

Thomas Darling, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne
county. Pa., April 22, 1889, is a son of the late E. P. Darling, of

1380 Thomas Darling.

this city. (See page 88). The mother of Thomas Darling was
Emily H. Rutter, a daughter of Nathaniel Rutter of this city.
He was a native of Salisbury township, Lancaster county, Pa.,
where he was born in 1806. He came to this city in 1825, and
has resided here since. He was first engaged as a clerk by Mat-
thias HoUenback, and afterwards was a clerk for Ziba Bennett.
He subsequently engaged in business with James D. Haff, as
general merchants, under the firm name of Haff & Rutter, and
when Judge David Scott became a partner, the firm was Haff,
Rutter & Scott. In 1833 he went into business with George M.
HoUenback, under the firm name of HoUenback & Rutter. This
partnership continued until 1846, when Mr. Rutter went into
business for himself, which he continued until 1888, when
he retired. The grandfather of Nathaniel Rutter was George
Rutter, a native of Germany. He came to this country and set-
tled in Salisbury township, where Adam Rutter, the father of
Nathaniel Rutter, was born. The mother of Mrs. Darling was
Mary Ann Cist, a daughter of Jacob Cist. (See page 1353).
Thomas Darling was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., May 29, 1863.
He was educated in the public schools of this city, at the Wilkes-
Barre academy, and Yale college, from which he graduated in
the class of 1886. He read law with E. P. and J. V. Darling. A
graduate of one of our leading universities, and the son and
pupil of such eminent lawyers as his father and uncle, could
not well help starting upon his professional career, if otherwise
at all qualified, with success more than half won. The young
man in this case has evidently fallen heir to not a few of the
qualities that were the principal factors in the father's achieve-
ment of what was probably the most important practice (import-
ant in respect to the vast interests involved) enjoyed by any
member of the Luzerne bar. He is only a beginner as yet, but
his manner and bearing have made a good impression upon those
of the older lawyers with whom he has been brought into con-
tact in connection with his late father's and uncle's business, and
these are generally agreed that he is destined to a leading place
at the bar, if that object shall continue to be the goal of his am-
bition.

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ADDITIONS, ALTERATIONS AND CORRECTIONS.

J. A. Gordon, p. i. Mr. Gordon died at his residence in Plymouth, Pa.,
February 4, 1882.

H. B. Wright, p. 2. Mr. Wright died at his residence in this city Sep-
tember 2, 1881.

E. W. Sturdevant, p. 14. Mr. Sturdevant died at his residence in this
city October 30, 1882.

E. L. Dana, p. 31. Judge Dana died at his residence in this city April
25, 1889.

Steuben Jenkins, p. 52. Mr. Jenkins was elected to the legislature of
the state of Pennsylvania in 1882, and served in the regular session, and also
in the extra session of 1883. He was appointed by Governor Pattison trus-
tee for the State Hospital for the Insane at Danville for three years, and at
the expiration of his term by Governor Beaver for an additional term of three
years. He is the author of the following publications :

1878. Historical Address at the Wyoming Monument at the Centennial
Commemorative Exercises, July 3, 1878, in pamphlet.

1879. Historical Address at the Centennial Celebration of the Battle of
Newtown of August 29, 1779, ^tc. Published by the State of New
York, in a large volume, page 451, etc.

1881. "A Celebration in ye Olden Time." Prepared by request of the
Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, read at a meeting of
that society and published in its proceedings.

1885. "The Pittston Fort." Prepared for and published by the same so-
ciety.

1884. "Wyoming, Connecticut, Western Reserve." PubHshed in the His-
torical Register, Harrisburg, by Dr. Wm. H. Egle, Vol. H, No. i.

1888. "The Old Forty Fort Church" — Its history as a Presbyterian place of
worship, etc., in pamphlet.

1889. Address at the Centennial Reunion of the Breese Family, at Horse-
heads, June 19, 1889. Pubhshed in Chemung Valley Reporter, June
20, 1889.

He is also author of the following biographies and genealogies of old
Wyoming families, pubhshed in History of Luzerne, Lackawanna ajid Wyo-
ming Counties : The Dana family, the Dorrance family, the Pettebone fam-
ily, the, Swetland family, the Slocum family, and some others in whole or in
part. Also the Jenkins family of Rhode Island and Wyoming, published
in the Historical Register of Rhode Island, and in pamphlet. He delivered
an address before the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, at the
court house in the city of Wilkes-Barre, September 25, 1887, on the occasion

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of the celebration of the centennial of the formation of Luzerne county,
which is to be published by that society with the other proceedings. "Mr.
Jenkins the poet historian, has written much and well, but published little.
Full of vigor, originality and dramatic power, his verses breathe the crispness
of the morning air and the pungency of spring buds, and however defective
we may find the finish of his work, we cannot but admit that their author
possesses a well-stored mind and a high degree of poetic inspiration, which
is always drawn from nature's great fountains. "Wyoming,'' a tale of the
revolutionary war, "Manitou of Wyoming," and "The Concord Chase," his
longest poems, contain many delightful descriptive passages. "The Forest
of Life" is a collection of his shorter bits of verse, many of which evince a
fair degree of lyric power."

Garrick M. Harding, p. 70. We were in error in stating that Judge
Harding was born July 12, 1830. He was born July 12, 1827.

H. M. HoYT, p. 74. Ex-Governor Hoyt now resides in Philadelphia, Pa.

Alexander Farnham, p. 84. See page 225 for Mr. Farnham's military
record. After Mr. Ricketts' refusal to be mustered into the United States
service, E. W. Finch was elected captain and Alexander Farnham first lieu-
tenant. John D. Farnham, eldest son of Alexander Farnham, is now a
senior in Yale University.

E. P. Darling, p. 94. We were in error in stating that Colonel John Bull
was the father of Rev. Levi Bull, D. D. ; neither was his wife the daughter
of Robert Smith. The wife of John Smith, the maternal grandfather of E.
P. Darling, was Elizabeth Bull, daughter of Thomas Bull, of Chester county.
Pa., who was Horn June 9, 1744, the son of William Bull, an early settler in
that county. He received the meagre education afforded in his day, and
learned the trade of a stonemason. Prior to the revolution he was the man-
ager of Warwick furnace. When that struggle came he entered heartily into
the contest, and assisted in organizing the Chester county Battalion of Asso-
ciators of the "Flying Camp," commanded by Colonel William Montgomery,
of which he was commissioned lieutenant colonel. He was taken prisoner
at Fort Washington in November, 1776, and confined on the Jersey prison
ship. After several months he was properly exchanged. He subsequently
returned to his position as manager of Warwick furnace, where he remained
several years. In 1780 he was appointed by the general assembly one of the
commissioners for the removal of the county seat. He was elected a dele-
gate to the Pennsylvania convention to ratify the federal constitution in 1787,
and served as a member of the state constitutional convention of 1789-90.
He was chosen a presidential elector in 1792, and from 1795 to 1801 repre-
sented Chester county in the legislature of the state. Prior to this Ije had
purchased a fine tract of land on the head-waters of French creek, erecting
thereon a grist and saw-mill, besides a large mansion, where he passed the
evening of his days. Colonel Bull was one of the men of mark in Chester
county, and prominent in public affairs for half a century. In business affairs

Additions, Alterations and Corrections. 1383

• he was enterprising, in social life generous and genial, and in his church a
faithful officer. In recognition of his eminent services during the war for
independence, congress, as well as his native state, granted him a handsome
annuity. He died July 13, 1837. His first wife, and the mother of his chil-
dren, was Ann, daughter of John and Ann Hunter, of Whiteland, Chester
county. They had eight children. The wife of Rev. Levi Bull, D. D., was
Ann, daughter of Cyrus Jacobs, a prominent iron merchant in Pennsylvania.
E. P. Darling died October 19, 1889. The greater part of the members of
the Luzerne bar met at the court house, in this city, on October 22. Hon.
Garrick M. Harding called the meeting to order. Hon. Andrew T. McClin-
tock was elected chairman, and Allen H. Dickson, Esq., secretary.

The following seven members of the bar were appointed a committee to
draft resolutions of respect : Alexander Farnham, chairman, Hon. Charles
E. Rice, Hon. D. L. Rhone, Hon. Gamck M. Harding, Hon. L. D. Shoe-
maker, George B. Kulp and George R. Bedford. The committee retired
and after a short absence returned and Mr. Farnham read the following
resolutions which were unanimously adopted :

"The members of the bar of Luzerne county are assembled to give expres-
sion to their deep sense of bereavement, occasioned by the death of their
honored and beloved associate, Edward Payson Darling. Death is at all
times a startling visitor, even when expected, but when he suddenly appears
and strikes down from a community one of its foremost citizens, a shock is
felt to its utmost bounds. That sense of loss which otherwise would be
limited, takes on a public character and becomes universal. We are con-
scious of a great void where, just before, there had been an inspiring pres-
ence, and we feel that the light of a splendid example has gone out from us
forever. There comes to the thought, the recollection of those qualities of
mind and soul which marked him and which went to make up the excellence
of his character as it stood revealed before his fellow men. We are pos-
sessed of a deep and earnest conviction that an irreparable loss has fallen
to the community, and that the vacant place he left cannot well be filled
during his generation. With what greater force do these suggestions affect
us here assembled, when it occurs that a citizen, who has died thus honored
and lamented, is one of our professional circle — a member of our own bar.
Who, outside of the relationship of kindred and family, can so well testify
concerning him as those, of similar vocation, who have had professional
intercourse with him day by day, as the years have rolled by„ * * * *
From the very first, he ranked as one of the ablest of the younger members
of the bar, and gave early promise of his subsequent brilliant professional
career. His legal apprehensions were instinctive, and he was possessed of
a quick, intuitive perception that enabled him to single out at once the es-
sential point of a case and apply the principle of law which controlled it.
He was, moreover, imbued with the learning of the law. He kept well
abreast with the current of judicial decision. To a keen intelligence he
united a broad and generous culture. His diction was of the»purest and was

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conciseness itself. None could excel and but few equaled him in courtesy
of demeanor. His whole bearing, and all that he said and did, indicated
refinement of thought and action. Modest, gentle and unobtrusive, as he
was, the superior qualities of his mind and nature were at once revealed and
profoundly impressed those with whom he was brought into contact. At no
time did he lose that sense of personal dignity which always commands in-
voluntary respect. With these qualifications, no one stood better equipped
for the duties of his profession. He gave, in addition, unremitting service
to his patrons. But one result could ensue. He speedily rose to the highest
rank, becoming one of the acknowledged leaders of our bar. His usefulness
took even a wider range. He possessed the full confidence of the commu-
nity, and his name was associated with most of its public enterprises. He
was prominent in many of its financial institutions and in its organized chari-
ties and trusts. Not only do we mourn him as a leader fallen from among
us, but also as a brother around whom our affections centered. The grace
of his personal character — the charm of his personal qualities — ^his unfailing
courtesy — the refined spirit which marked his demeanor — ^liis generous
nature and quick sympathies — all these made up a personality which was
endearing, a personality whose example will abide with us, and whose mem-
ory will be green and unfading while we live. It is with these reflections
that we have come to lay our tribute upon his bier ; therefore, be it

Resolved, That the members of the bar of Luzerne county have learned
with profound sorrow of the death of their fellow member, Edward P. Dar-
ling, Esquire.

Resolved, That in the death of Mr. Darling, not only has the community
lost a foremost citizen, our profession a distinguished ornament, but each
member of the bar feels a deep and abiding sense of personal bereavement.

Resolved, That we tender to the family of the deceased our heartfelt
sympathies in the great sorrow which has fallen upon them.

Resolved, That a copy of these proceedings be presented the court at its
next session and, with its permission, be placed upon the minutes thereof.

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutious be transmitted to the family of
the deceased, and that they be printed in the newspapers of the county.

The resolutions were unanimously adopted, on motion of Mr. Brundao-e.

Stanley Woodward, p. 97. John B. Woodward, son of Judge Wood-
ward, is a member of the Luzerne county bar, and George S. Woodward, his
other son, is in his second year at the medical department of the University
of Pennsylvania. Both are graduates of Yale college.

Agib Ricketts, p. 105. Mr. Ricketts was born in Rohrsburg, Columbia
county, Pa., October 12, 1834. We were in error in stating his birthplace as
Orangeville, Pa.

Calvin Wadhams, p. 109. Mr. Wadhams died at his summer residence,
Harvey's Lake, Pa., July 20, 1883.

E. H. Chase, p. 125. Harold Taylor Chase a graduate of Harvard Uni-
versity is enteued as a law student in his father's office.

Additions, Alterations and Corrections. 1385

Alfred Darte, p. 130. Captain Darte was elected district attorney of
Luzerne county in November, 1888, over James L. Lenalian, by a majority
of three hundred and ninety-nine votes.

Harry Hakes, p. 134. Mr. Hakes is tlie grandson of George S. Hakes,
instead of Lewis Hakes. See page 1198 for a corrected genealogy of the
Hakes family. Mr. Hakes is the author of the genealogy of the Hakes
family, a work of 220 pages, giving a history of the Hakes family in America.
George B. Kulp, p. 148. Abraham Clemens, or Cleamans, father of Mrs.
Jacob Kulp, was the grandson of Jacob Clemens, and son of Gerhart Clemens,
who was born in 1680. He emigrated from the Palatinate on the Rhine in 1709.
He purchased of David Powell in 17 18 six hundred and ninety acres of land
in what is now Lower Salford township, Montgomery county, Pa., on a branch
of the Perkiomen creek, near the present village of Lederachsville. He built
a mill there, known as Alderfer's, in 1726. This mill stood till 1823. He
died in 1745. In 1718 he sold two hundred and fifty acres of his land to his
son, Abraham Clemens, whose wife was Catharine Bachman. They had
ten children, of whom Mary was the fifth. The old homestead is still in
possession of some of his descendants. Abraham Clemens died in 1777.
Abraham Kulp, the grandfather of George B. Kulp, was at one time a
resident of Northampton (now Monroe) county. Pa. He resided on what
is now known among the old settlers as Kulp's run, or, as some call it. Two-
mile run, midway between Tobyhanna and Stoddartsville. Abraham Kulp
removed from therein 1817, when Jacob Blakeslee, father of the present Ja-
cob Blakeslee, moved into his house. The latter was born on the place and
still resides there. Lyman Cobb Kulp, the only brother of George B. Kulp
who grew to manhood, was at one time the publisher of the Rockport (Mo.)
Banner. He was killed in the late civil war at the battle of Antietam. Rev.
George H. Lorah, of Doylestown, Pa., a minister of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, is a nephew of George B. Kulp, his mother, Amanda M. Lorah,
being an elder sister of Mr. Kulp. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Kulp are
John Stewart Kulp, M. D., now pursuing a post graduate course in the med-
ical department of the University of Pennsylvania, Harry Eugene Kulp, and
Mary Estelle Kulp. George B. Kulp is the president of the board of trustees
of the Fourth M. E. church, of Wilkes-Barre. John Stewart, Esq., father-in-
law of Mr. Kulp, was for fifteen years a director of the poor in the incor-
porated district composed of "Jenkins township, Pittston borough and Pitts-
ton township," composed of the boroughs of Pleasant Valley, Pittston and
Hughestown, and the townships of Pittston, Jenkins, Lackawanna and Old
Forge, and also for the same length of time, a director of "the poor of Provi-
dence," composed of the city of Scranton and the borough of Dunmore.
He is president of that body. He is also one of the trustees of the Adams
avenue M. E. church of Scranton.

GuSTAV Hahn, p. 162. The wife of Mr. Hahn died August ig, 1889. His
son, Byron Gustav Hahn, is in the senior department of Lafayette college.
He is also entered as a law student in the office of Henry A. Fuller.

1386 Additions, Alteration's and Corrections.

E. S. Osborne, p. 164. In 1884 General Osborne was a candidate for
congressman-at-large in the state of Pennsylvania. He had a majority in
the state of 75,227. In 1886 he was also a candidate for congressman-at-
large. He had a plurality of 47,615. In 1888 he was a candidate for con-
gressman in the twelfth congressional district (Luzerne county) against John
Lynch, democrat, and H. W. Evans, prohibitionist. He had a plurality of
1499 votes. John Ball Osborne, son of General Osborne, graduated from
Yale college in the class of 1889. He is now a law student in his father's
office. William Osborne, another son, is a cadet at the West Point military
school.

D. L. Rhone, p. 170. In 1884 Judge Rhone was a candidate for reelec-
tion as president judge of the Orphans' Court of Luzerne county. The re-
publicans made no nomination against him, and he received the entire vote,
25,636. His daughter, Mary P., was married March 30, 1886, to Harry G.
Marcy, of this city.

C. D. Foster, p. 184. In 1884 Mr. Foster was elected a member of the
house of representatives of Pennsylvania from this city. He had a majority
of 225 votes over J. S. Zirnhelt, his democratic competitor.

H. W. Palmer, p. 194. In 1889 Mr. Palmer was chairman of the Penn-
sylvania Constitutional Prohibition Committee. His eldest son, Bradley W.
Palmer, is a graduate of Harvard University, in the class of 1888. He is a
law student in his father's office.

D. L. O'Neill, p. 235. Daniel L. O'Neill, Jr., and William A. O'Neill,
sons of Hon. D. L. O'Neill, are entered as law students in their father's office.

E. K. Morse, p. 245. Mr. Morse married, September 5, 1888, Margaret
Isabel, daughter of Joseph B. Vannan, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, now
a resident of Carbondale, Pa. He is superintendent of Van Bergen & Com-
pany's foundry and machine shops. A son, Kendall Morse, was born to
Mr. Morse June 21, 1889.

R. J. Bell, p. 248. Mr. Bell died in this city May 26, 1889.

James Mahon, p. 250. Mr. Mahon now resides in Scranton, Pa.

Charles L. Lamberton, p. 251. Mr. Lamberton now resides in the city
of New York.

John Lynch, p. 282. In 1 886 Mr. Lynch was a candidate for congress
from the twelfth congressional election district of Pennsylvania. His com-
petitors were J. A. Scranton, republican, and A. Knapp, M. D., prohibi-
tionist. Mr. Lynch was elected by a plurality of 650 votes. In 1888 he was
again a candidate, but was defeated by E. S. Osborne, republican.

Andrew Hunlock, p. 307. We were in error in stating that Mr. Hun-
lock inherited a competency. This is not true. The wealth acquired by
Mr. Hunlock is the result of his own efforts, aided largely by judicious in-
vestments.

Additions, Alterations and Corrections. 1387

Burton Downing, p. 355. Mr. Downing married, November 2, 1886,
Libbie H. Snyder, daughter of Alfred Snyder, of Scranton. Mr. Downing
is now actively engaged in the practice of the law.

Charles E. Rice, p. 355. We were in error in stating that Moses Rice
was born in 1797. It was the date of the birth of Thomas Arnold Rice, who
was born in Eatonville, N. Y., and who died in 1880. We were also in error
in relation to the Carr family. The grandfather of Eleazer Carr was Caleb
Carr, who was born in East Greenwich, R. I. His son, Eleazer Carr,
moved to Hancock, Berkshire county, Mass., shortly before the revolution-
ary war, and remained there until near 1800 (between 1790 and 1800),
when, with his son Eleazer (the father of Vienna Carr), his wife and some
other children, he removed to Salisbury, N. Y. About 1811 he sold his
farm there and removed to Le Roy, Genessee county, N. Y. Charles E.
Rice was the nominee of the republican party for law judge at the election
in 1889. His competitors were Edwin Shortz, democrat, and Lewis D. Vail,
of Philadelphia, prohibition. The vote was Rice, 12,197; Shortz, 11,062;
Vail, 822. Mr. Rice succeeds himself as president judge of Luzerne county.

L. H. Bennett, p. 413. We were in error in stating that Judge Hakes
was a descendant of John Hakes. The fact is that John Hakes' name,
while a resident of Lynn, Mass., was John Hawkes; after his removal to
Windsor, where he resided for about twenty years, it was entered on the town
records as John Hakes, with one exception, when it was spelled John
Haykes, and when he removed to Deerfield, Mass., his name was again
John Hawkes. At his death his estate was administered as John Hawkes.
Judge Hakes was a descendant of Solomon Hakes. (See page 1198.)

W. H. McCartney, p. 427. In 1885 Mr. McCartney was the republican
candidate for district attorney. He was defeated by James L. Lenahan, the
vote standing — McCartney, 8604; Lenahan, 9191.

O. A. Gates. Mr. Gates married, May, 7, 1885, Mary A. Clark, a daugh-
ter of the late Judson Clark, of Providence, who in his lifetime was one of
the largest individual coal operators in the Lackawanna valley. Mrs. Gates
died January 14, 1887, leaving to survive her one child, Elva Gates.

H. B. Beardslee, p. 452. Mr. Beardslee died March 11, 1886, at Indian
Orchard, Wayne county, Pennsylvania.

A. H. Dickson, p. 458. Rev. John Casper Stoever, son of Dietrich
Stoever, burger and merchant of Frankenberg; name was entered on
the ship's register with the addition of sancro sancice theologicE studiostis.
He spent his first year in America in the vicinity of Trappe, Montgomery
county. Pa. In May, 1730, he settled on the upper waters of the Conestoga,
near where New Holland, Pa., now stands. At this time he served as pastor
of the Lutherans of Lancaster, Philadelphia and Berks counties. In Sep-
tember, 1732, Rev. John Christian Schultze arrived in Pennsylvania, and in
1733 he ordained Mr. Stoever at the Trappe, within a barn then used as a

1388 Additions, Alterations and Corrections.

place of worship. The Augustus Lutheran church at Trappe was organized
in 1732, and Rev. John C. Schultze was its pastor for a year, and from 1733
to 1742 Rev. John C. Stcever was its pastor. In the latter year Rev. Henry
Melchoir Muhlenburg arrived in this country and became the pastor. How
Mr. Muhlenburg became "the founder of the Lutheran Church in America''
is beyond our comprehension, saying nothing of the Dutch Lutherans in
New York and the Swedish Lutherans in Delaware and Pennsylvania. From
1728, the date of the arrival of Mr. Stoever in this country, his voice was
heard preaching the gospel in all the German settlements in Pennsylvania.
In 1733 he established " Die Evangehsche Lutherische Gemeinde on der
Kathores," where York, Pa., now stands. He regularly opened church
records for the congregations he had organized at Mode Creek, New Hol-
land, Lancaster, North Hill, Lebanon, and other places, and Father Stoever
is justly entitled to be called the father of Lutheranism in Pennsylvania.

J. D. Coons, p. 468. Mr. Coons married, February 22, 1887, Ella Con-
stine, a native of this city, and daughter of the late John Constine, a native
of Duechersfeld, Bavaria, Germany. He was the son of Loeb Constine and
his wife Babette (Mack) Constine. The mother of Mrs. Coons is Fanny
Constine (nee Long), a daughter of the late Isaac Long, a native of Pretz-
felt, Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Coons have a family of two children— John
Constine Coons and Isador Coons.

L. B. Landmesser, p. 475. Mr. Landmesser was in i88g the chairman
of the republican county committee.

S. J. Strauss, p. 476. Mordecai Strauss, a brother of S. J. Strauss, now
a third year's student in Johns Hopkins University, is entered as a law stu-
dent in Gains L. Halsey's office.

E. A. Lynch, p. 488. Mr. Lynch married, October 7, 1888, Annie G.
Lenahan, a daughter of Patrick Lenahan and his wife Elizabeth Lenahan
{nee Duffy). (See page 558.)

O. J. Harvey, p. 508. George Francis Nesbitt, a son of Abram Nesbitt,
is a law student in the office of J. V. Darling.

H. C. Magee, p. 532. Mr. Magee died April 27, 1888, at Plymouth, Pa.

C. W. McAlarney, p. 533. Mr. McAlarney married, May 26, 1886,
Clara Shonk, a daughter of John J. Shonk. (See page 543.) Mr. and Mrs.
Shonk had one child, John Shonk McAlarney, who is now deceased.

Ernest Jackson, p. 538. Mr. Jackson was chairman of the democratic
county committee in 1888.

George W. Shonk, p. 541. Mr. Shonk, during the year 1889-90, was
chairman of the republican county convention. He is secretary and treas-
urer of the Cabin Creek Coal Company, of the Wilhams Coal Company of
Kanawha, of the Kanawha Railroad Company, and of the Cabin Creek and
Coal River Land Company. He is a director of the Wilkes-Barre Heat,

Additions, Alterations and Corrections. 1389

Light and Motor Company, of the Kingston Electric Company, and of the
Wilkes-Barre and Harvey's Lake Railroad Company. He is secretary and
treasurer of the last named company. He is 'also a member of the coal firm
of Haddock, Shonk & Company, and the Pocassat Coal Company, and is a
life director in the Wyoming Seminary, in Kingston, Pa. Stanley Wood-
ward Davenport, a student at law in the office of George W. Shonk, is
the great-great-grandson of Thomas Davenport, the ancestor of the Daven-
port family in this county. His great-grandfather was Thomas Davenport,
Jr. His grandfather was Oliver Davenport, and his father is Edwin Daven-
port. {See page 544). Mr. Davenport married, June 13, 1889, Mary Weir,
daughter of Andrew Weir. (See page 423).

J. L. Lenahan, p. 558. Mr. Lenahan was the democratic candidate for
district attorney in 1888, but was defeated by Alfred Darte.

N.\THAN Bennett, p. 561. Mr. Bennett died June i, 1889.

Edwin Shortz, p. 564. Robert Packer Shortz, eldest son of Edwin
Shortz, is a cadet at the West Point Military Academy. In 1889 Edwin
Shortz was the candidate of the democratic party of Luzerne county for law
judge. He was defeated by Charles E. Rice. In 1863 and 1864 he was
county surveyor of Carbon county, Pa.

W. R. Gibbons, p. 573. Mr. Gibbons married, July 17, 1888, Ella M.
Smith, a native of Ashley, Pa., daughter of Michael Smith, a native of Ire-
land. The mother of Mrs. Gibbons, and wife of Michael Smith, is Bridget
Masterson, daughter of Cornelius Masterson, a native of Trim, county of
Meath, Ireland, who resided in Newark, N. J., at the time of his death. Mr.
and Mrs. Gibbons have one child — William Michael Gibbons.

G. H. R. Plumb, p. 603. Mr. Plumb married, February 2, 1887, Mary
E. Van Buskirk, a native of Hamilton township, Monroe county. Pa. She
is a daughter of Samuel W. Van Buskirk, son of Jesse Van Buskirk, whose
wife was a Miss Burrett, and her father was a soldier of the revolutionary
war. Mr. Plumb now resides in Minneapolis, Minn.

W. H. HiNES, p. 610. Mr. Hines was elected to the senate of Pennsyl-
vania in 1888. His plurality was 924. Rev. T. C. Edwards was his repub-
lican competitor, and D. C. Jeremy was the prohibitionist candidate.

Joseph Moore, p. 617. Mr. Moore married, March 3, 1888, Bessie
Athey, a native of Donaldson, Schuylkill county. Pa. She is the daughter
of Michael- Athey, a native of the county of Durham, England. His wife
is EUzabeth Fotheringill, daughter of Joseph Fotheringill, also a native of
the county of Durham.

C. F. BoHAN, p. 625. Charles Patrick Bohan, a brother of C. F. Bohan,
is a student in the law department of Yale University.

ZiBA Mathers, p. 626. Mr. Mathers died at his residence in Luzerne,
Pa., March 12, 1888.

1390 Additions, Alterations and Corrections.

C. B. Staples, p. 658. Mr. Staples has removed to Stroudsburg, Pa.

P. A. O'BOYLE, p. 659. Mr. O'Boyle married, October 11, 1888, Rosalie
T. Walsh, a native of Lee, Mass. She is the daughter of Dennis Walsh, a
native of Dublin, Ireland, who emigrated to this country about 1850. The
wife of Dennis Walsh was Maria Burke, daughter of Richard Burke, an
architect in Dublin. He was a relative of Edmund Burke, the great states-
man and orator.

P. C. Kauffman, p. 680. Mr. Kauffman married, September 11, 1889,
Katharine Barton, daughter of John Barton, of Hazleton. Mr. Kauffman
now resides at Vancouver, Washington.

D. A. Fell, p. 687. Mr. Fell married, October 10, 1888, Frances Law-
rence Bertels, daughter of Arnold Bertels, of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Fell
have one child — Harold Bertels Fell.

J. B. Woodward, p. 690. Mr. Woodward married, June 6, 1888, Ma-
rian, daughter of T. S. Hillard. (See page 799.)

J. O. Creveling, p. 694. Mr. Creveling married, June 13, 1889, Annie
M. Pressler, a native of Bloomsburg, Pa.

J. B. Shaver, p. 696. Mr. Shaver died April i, 1887, at his residence in
Plymouth, Pa.

C. E. Keck, p. 700. Mr. Keck married, August 29, 1888, Eva May
Hoover, daughter of F. R. Hoover, of White Haven, Pa. Her mother, the
wife of F. R. Hoover, was Elizabeth Messinger, daughter of Daniel Mes-
singer.

P. A. Meixell, p. 729. Mr. Meixell was married, April 18, 1888, to Ella
Gertrude Wise, a native of Newburg, N. Y., and daughter of A. C. Wise,
also a native of Newburg, and his wife, Alvira C. Peck, a native of Colerain,
Mass., daughter of Samuel Peck, of Peckville, Pa.

W. A. Wilcox, p. 742. Mr. Wilcox now resides in Scranton, Pa.

Harry Halsey, p. 753. Mr. Halsey was married, September 3, 1888, to
Helen Virginia Hartman, a native of Baltimore, Md., daughter of J. P. Hart-
man, also of Baltimore. Her mother, Virginia Horsely, is a daughter of
Dr. Samuel Cabell Horsely, who w.xs at one time a surgeon in the United
States army.

E. F. McGovern, p. 773. Mr. McGovern married, April 18, 1888, Ellen
E. Murphy, a native of Plains township, and daughter of Francis Murphy,
a native of county Armagh, Ireland. They have one child — Mary Frances
McGovern.

P. V. Weaver, p. 788. Peter Weaver, father of P. V. V/eaver, a native of
North White Hall, Lehigh county, Pa., died at his home in Butler township
September 12, 1889.

H. C. Adams, p. 807. Mr. Adams died in this city April i, 1889.

Additions, Alterations and Corrections. 1391

F. W. Larned, p. 808. Mr. Lamed married, December 15, 1888, Estella
L. Neiier, a daughter of W. W. Neiier, a native of Hamburg, Pa, His
grandfather was one of the pioneers of Schuylkill county, Pa., and at one
time owned twenty-six hundred acres of coal land near Pottsville, which is
known as Neiier's Hollow. W. W. Neiier removed to Wilkes-Barre in 1856.
The wife of W. W. Neiier died November 16, 1889.

G. G. Waller, p. 842. Mr. Waller died December 4, 1888, at Brook-
lyn, N. Y.

A. W. Bangs, p. 866. Tracy R. Bangs was the democratic nominee
for attorney general in North Dakota in the election of 1889.

Thomas M. Atherton, p. 867. Mr. Atherton was born April 12, 1829,
in that part of Kingston township now known as Forty Fort. He was edu-
cated at Wyoming seminary, and read law with L. D. Shoemaker, in this
city. He was postmaster at Huntsville from 1858 until he removed to the
west in i860. In the latter year he moved to Mitchell county, Iowa, and was
appointed the first postinaster of West Mitchell, Iowa. In 1862 he was su-
perintendent of the Mitchell county schools. He was postmaster of Osage,
Iowa, under Presidents Grant, Hayes and Arthur, when he resigned, and
President Arthur appointed Mr. Atherton's son, Frank G., as his successor.
He established and edited the Mitchell County Press in 1865, and has con-
ducted it successfully since. For the past two years his daughter, Mary W.,
has had charge of the local department. T. M. Atherton is the son of Anson
Atherton, grandson of Elisha Atherton. The wife of Anson Atherton was
Sarah Mitchell, daughter of Thomas Mitchell. T. M. Atherton married.
May 9, 1850, Elizabeth T. Gilmore, daughter of Stephen M. Gilmore, who
married, in 18 16, Jane Doane, a native of Harrisburg. (See page 1195.)
Mr. and Mrs. Atherton have a family of six children — Jennie S. Atherton, wife
of Isaac Patterson; Anna Elizabeth Atherton, wife of Nathan Patterson;
Frank G. Atherton, intermarried with Mollie H. Westler, daughter of the
late Hon. Nathan G. Westler, of Nescopeck, who represented Luzerne
county in the legislature of the state in 1869; Charles Snover Atherton,
Mary W. Atherton, and Thomas M. Atherton.

John B. Mills, p. 905. Mr. Mills died October 22, 1889, at Riverside, Pa.

F. E. BuRROVifS, p. 936. Mr. Burrows was born October 6, 1842, in Pike
township, Bradford county. Pa. He was educated at Fort Edward (N. Y.)
Collegiate Institute and at Harvard Law School, from which he graduated
in 1867. His great-grandfather, Daniel Burrows, was a native of Groton,
Conn. He was a member of congress from 1821 to 1823, and was also col-
lector of the port at Middletown, Conn. He received his appointment from
President Jackson. He was also a minister of the Methodist Episcopal
church. The grandfather of F. E. Burrows, Daniel Burrows, was a native
of Hebron, Conn., as was also his father, Joshua Burrows. Mr. Burrows
practiced his profession in this city, also in the city of New York.

1392 Additions, Alterations and Corrections.

William Lee Paine, p. 1003. This name should read WiUiam Lewis
Paine.

J. W. Miner, p. 1246. Thomas Miner, the second son of Clement Miner,
was born at Chow-Magna, in the county of Somerset, England, April 23,
1608. He emigrated to this country with John Winthrop in the ship Ara-
bella in 1630, and settled at Salem in June of the same year. He went to
Charlestown and back to Boston, and there married, April 26, 1633, Grace,
daughter of Walter Palmer, of Rehoboth, Mass. He settled in Stonington,
Conn., in 1653, and died there October 23, 1690. His wife Grace died the
same year. His son Clement was born in 1640, and died November 8,
1700. In a letter written by Charles Miner.'August 5, 1830, he says : "There
is a vein of several feet in the Baltimore Bed which is pure and beautiful
beyond description, and the mine recently opened by Messrs. R. Miner and
Z. Bennett is remarkable for its purity and excellence so far as explored.
The last mine I mention more particularly because Professor Silliman, in
his interesting and, in the main, very correct notes on the Susquehanna and
Lackawanna basin, speaks of this as only 5 or 6 feet deep. That is the
depth to which coal has been taken out. The auger has been sunk 18 feet
4 inches into solid coal and is not yet at the bottom." Professor Silliman
speaks of the " Bed of Messrs. Bennett & Miner, four miles east from
Wilkes-Barre, and one and a half from the Susquehanna River." John
Abbott, father of Stephen Abbott, built the first dwelling house in the present
limits of the city of Wilkes-Barre. It was of logs, and located at the south-
west corner of Main and Northampton streets. Asher Miner married, No-
vember 6, 1889, Hetty Lonsdale, daughterof Robert C. and Mrs. Shoemaker.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa., November 18, 1889.

Deceased Judges and Lawyers.

1393

List of Deceased President Judges, Additional Law Judges, Associate

Judges, Non-Resident Members of the Bar, Livjng

Judges and Resident Lawyers of

Luzerne County.

deceased president judges.

NAMES.

Burnside, Thomas
Chapman^ Seth
Conyngham, John N.
Cooper, Thomas
Gibson, John B.

iessup, William
:ush, Jacob
Scott, David

PLACE OF BIRTH.

Newton Stewart, Ireland.
Wrightstown, Pa.
Philadelphia, Pa.
London, England.
Shearmans Valley, Pa.
Southampton, L. L
Philadelphia, Pa.
Blandford, Mass.

DATE OF BIRTH.

July 28, 1782.
January 23, 1771.
December 17, 1798.
October 22, 1759.
November 8, 1780.
June 21, 1797.

1746.

April 3, 1782.

DATE OF COMMISSION

June 28, i8i6.
July It, 1811.
April — 1841.
March i, 1806.
October 16, 1812.
April 7, 1838.
August 17, 1791.
July 7, 1818.

DATE OF DEATH.

March 25, 1851.

February 23, 1871.
May II, 1840.
May 3, 1853,
September 11, 1868,
January 5, 1820.
December 29, 1839.

Dana, E. L.

deceased additional law judge of LUZERNE COUNTY.

I Wilkes-Barre, Pa. | January 29, 1817, | December 2, 1867. | April 25, 18I

DECEASED ASSOCIATE JUDGES OF LUZERNE COUNTY.

Barnum, Charles T.
Bennett, Ziba
Bradley, Abraham
Carpenter, Benjamin
Colhns, Thomas
Denison, Nathan
Fell, Jesse
Gore, Obadiah
Grant, Sanford
Hancock, William
Harrison, Canfield
Hollenback, Matthias
Burlbut, Christopher
Kingsley, Nathan
Kinney, Joseph
Koons, John
Merrifield, William
Murray, Noah
Myers, Lawrence
Nesbitt, James
Osterhout, Isaac S.
Pettehooe, Henry
Pfouts, B. K.
Pickering, Timothy
Reichard, John
Reynolds, W. C.
Ross.W. S.
Shoemaker, C. D.
Slocum, Joseph
Smith, William Hooker
Steele, George P.
Taylor, Edmund
Welles, Rosewcll

Kingston, Pa.
Weston, Conn.
Litchfield, Conn.
Orange county, N. Y.
Ireland.
Connecticut.
Buckingham, Pa.
Plainfield. Conn.
Vernon, Conn.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Huntington, Pa.
Jonestown, Pa.
Groton, Conn.
Scotland, Conn.
Plainfield, Conn.
Stroudsburg, Pa.
Pine Plains. N. Y.
Litchfield, Conn.
Germany.
Connecticut.
Lagrange, Pa.
Kingston, Pa.
Jersey Shore, Pa.
Salem, Mass.
Frankenthal, Prussia.
Plymouth, Pa.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Kingston, Pa.
Maiden, R. 1.
New York,
Luzerne county, Pa.
Allyngford, England.
Glastonbury, Conn.

January 7, 1813.
November 10, 1800.
February 21, 1767.

January 25, 1741.
April 16, 1751.
December 18, 1744.
1800.

December 18, 1799.
■i8c^.

February 17, 17S2.

1757-

January 23, 1743.

1755.

August 23, 1795.
April 22, 1806.
, 1736.

June 12, 1718.
October 26, 1806.
October 5, 1802,
April 12, 1809.
July 17, 1745.
May 24, 1807.
December, 1801.
August II, 1802.
July 9, 1802.
April 9, 1777.

1724.

180 1.

August 4, 1804.
August 20, 1761.

November 12, 1856.
February 21, 1842.
August 17, 1791.
May II, 1787.
November 9, 1866.
August 17, 1 79 1.
February 5, 1798.
May II, 1787.
November 23, «86i.
November 10, 1851.
July 3, 1862.
May II, 1787.
August 5, 1789,
May II, 1787.
June 2, 1789.
April 22, 1846.
November 12, 1856.
November 28, 1788.
July 7, 1790.
May II, 1787.
February 9, 1870.
March 6, 1845.
November 9, 1870,
October 12, 1786.
November 23, 1861.
March 15, 1841.
May 6,1829.
August 21, 1830.
April 28, 1851.
May II, 1787.
November 9, 1866.
January 15, 1850.
April 20, 1793.

January n, 1887.
November 4, 1878.
May 7, 1838.

January 25, 1809.
August s, 1830.
March 21, 1821,
January 29, 1886.
January 7, 1859.
February 28, 1880.
February 18, 1829.
April 21, 1831.

i8zz.

184 1.

February 13,
June 4, 1877.-
May II, 1811.

July 2, 1792,
April 12, 1882.
May 5, 1851.
January 6, 1874.
January 29, 1829.
August 19, 1884.
January 25, 1869.
July II, 1868.
August 1, 1861.

July 17, 1815.

• —1870.

February 8, 1881
March ig, 1830.

DECEASED

MEMBERS OF THE

BAR.

NAMES.

PLACE OF BIRTH.

DATE OF BIRTH.

ADMITTED.

DATE OF DEATH.

Adams, Henry Clay

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

—1865.

May 19, 1888.

April 1, 1889.

Allen, John 1.
Alsover, Jabez

January 6, 1841.
May 3, 1870.

Easton, Pa.

September 26, 1843.

December 2, 1878.

Keardslee, H. B.

Mount Pleasant, Pa.

April 15, 1821.

April 16, 1874.

March II, 1886.

Beaumont, W. H.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

November 27, 1825.

April 8,1851.

June 19, 1874.

Bedford, James S.
Bell, RuftsJ.

Waverly, Pa.

October 16, 1829.

January 10, 1854

December z, 1865.

Troy, N. Y.

September 9, 1829.

September 27, 1864.

May 26, i88q.

Bennet, Charles

Kingston, Pa.

February 28, i8ig.

April 7, 1845.

August 6, 1866.

Eennet, D S.

Fairfield, Pa.

September 3, 1853.

June II, 1877.

September 16, 1884.

Bennett, Nathan

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

July 7, 1852.

September 22, 1879.

June I, 1889.
February 6, 1849.

Bidlack, B. A.

Paris, N. Y.

September 8, 1804.

anuary 5, 1825.

Blackman, Miner S.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

August 14, 1815.

anuary 2, 1843.

May 25, 1848.

Bowman, Caleb F.

Berwick, Pa.

February 21, 1822.

August 5, 1850.

January 25, 1874,

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Deceased Members of the Bar.

Bowman, Ebenezer
Bowman, James W.
Bowman, Samuel
Bradley, Abraham
Brisbin, John
Brundage, C. B.
Bryson, James
Butler, Chester
Byington, T. L.
Byrne. Peter J.
Cake, Isaac M.
Campbell, Joseph H.
Canavan, Martin
Case, William F.
Catlin, Charles
Catlin, George
Cailin, Putnam
Chamberlain, Albert
Ch^se, Ezra B.
Collins, Oristus
Conyngham, John B.
Conyngham, John N.
Covell, Edward M.
Craig, John P.
Crane, F. M.
Dana, E. L.
Dana, Milton
Dana, Sylvester
Darling, E. P.
Darte, Alfred
Denison, Charles
Denison, George
Dickinson, Israel
Dietiick, A. ).
Drake, George C.
Dyer, Thomas
Evans, John
Flanagan, M. J.
Fuller, Amzi
Kuller, Henry M.
Gordon, James A.
Gore, John L.
Graham, Thomas
Griffin, George
Hakes, Lyman
Hamilton, Arthur
Harvey, Elisha B.
Haughawout, George D.
Headley, Samuel F.
Hill, E. S M.
Hodfidon, Samuel
Holliday, James
Jdckson, Angelo
Jackson, M. E,
Johnson, O. F.
Jones, Joel
Jones, M. H.
Jones, Nathaniel
Ketcham, J. H.
Ketcham, W. W.
Kidder, Luther
Kidder, R. M.
King, Henry
Kingman, W. R.
Lathrop, D. N.
Le Clerc, E. E.
Lee, Washington
Lee," Washington
Lewis, A. C
Little, W. E.
Longstreet, S. P.
Magee, Henry C.
Mallery, E. G.
Mallery, Garrick
Mallery, P. B.
Mathers, Ziba
Maxwell, Volney L.
McClintock, James
McQuillan, Dennis A.
McShane, Francis
Meredith, I homas
Merriman, Edgar L.
Metcalf, Henry
Miller, W. H.
Mills, John B.
Miner, losiah H.
Miner, Joseph W,
Myers, John W.

PLACE OF BIRTH.

Lexington, Mass.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Wilkes-Barre,.Pa.
Litchfield, Conn.
Chenango county, N, Y.
Conyngham, Pa.
Minersville, Pa.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Johnsonburg, N. J.
Eniscorthy, Ireland.
Northumberland, Pa.
Northumberland Co., Pa.
County Sligo, Ireland.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Litchfield, Conn.
Bennington, Vt.
West Windsor, N. Y.
Marlboro, Conn.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Columbia Co., Pa.
Salisbury, Conn,
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Eaton, Pa.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Berks county. Pa.
Bolton, Conn.
Kingston, Pa.
Kingston, Pa.

Columbia Co., Pa.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Windham, Conn.

Pottsville, Pa.
Kent, Conn.
Bethany, Pa.
Corning, N, Y.

Kast Haddam, Conn.
•Harpensfield, N. Y.
Scotland.
Harvey ville. Pa.
Northumberland Co , Pa.
Litchfield. N Y.
Carmel, N. Y.
Philadelphia, Pa.

Erie, N. Y.
Rerwick, Pa.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Coventry. Conn.
Hebron, Conn.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Waterford, Vt.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Palmer, Mass.
Charleston, S. C.
Sherburne, N. Y.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Harrisburg, Pa.
Luzerne county. Pa.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Delaware county, N. Y.
Milford, Pa.
Perry Co., Pa.
Wilkes-Barre, 'Pa.
Middlebury, Conn.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Luzerne, Pa.
Hamilton county, N. Y.
Jersey Shore, Pa.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Susquehanna Co. , Pa.
Yorkshire, England.
Middlelown, Pa.
Columbia county, Pa.

DATE OF BIRTH.

July 3. 1757-
August 9, 1799.
May 21, 1800.
February 21, 1767.
•1818.

September 4, 1838.

March 21, 1798.
March 15, 1831.

-1799.

January 6, 1817.
July 8, 1829.
1802,

March 15, 1790.
July 26, 1796.
April 5, 1764.
December 29, zSii,
December 25, 1827,
September 22, 1792.
September 29, 1827,
December 17, 1798.

February t8, 1829,
815.

January 29, 1817.
February 27, 1822.
May 28, 1806.
November 10, 1831.
July 14, 1810.
January 23, 1816.
February 22, 1790.

April 6, 1822.
May 25, 1806.

1771.

i8c4.

August 27, 1842.
October 19, 1793.
June 3, 1820.
October 6, 1797.

anuary 14, 1778.
'arch 23, 1816.

October 1, 1819.
March 16, 1827.
January 20, 1808.
December 20, 1822.
September 3, 1793.

February 10, 1817.
March 7, 1807.
October 26, 1795.
September 11, 1811.

Doylestown, Pa.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

March 24, 1830.
June 29, 1820.
November 19, 1808.
July 3, 1842.
July 6, 1790.
January i, 1838.
July 28, 1811.
August 19, 1819.
June 18, 1786.
May 8, 1821.
March 2, 1829.
181S

February i, 1829.
February 6, 1848.

April 17, 1784.

1812.

October 25, 185I
June 12, 1804.

September 25, 1846.

^— — ;— ^779-
September 4, 1779.
January 7, 1844.
August 24, 1821,
January 13, 1820.
February 23, 1812.

January 29, 1825.
October 7, 1824.

ADMITTED,

May 27, 1787.
August 8, 1820.
August 8, 1821.
September 2, 1788.

1857.

May 8, i860.
March 21, 1872.
August 8, 1820.
November 7, 1853.
August 3, 1846.
January 4, 1859.
November 12, 1867.
August 10, 1852.
February 20, 1865.
March 28, 1814.
January 4, i8ig.
May 27, 1787.
September 3, 1861.
April 7, 1857.
April 8, i8iq.
August 6, 1849.
April 3, 1820.
January 2, 1843.
January 3, i860.
April 4, 1838.
April 6, 1841.
November 6, 1846.
November 7, 1828.
Augu.st 13, 1855.
November 2, 1846.
August 13, 1840.
April 7, i8r3.
April 16, 1836.
December 11, 1880.
August 8, 1827.
1802.

June 12, 1876.
January 11, 1822.
January 3, 1842.
August 7, 1822.
January 22, 1862.

1798

800.

April 6, 1841.
February 20, i860.
November 4, 1847.
January 18, 1858.
April 3, 183s.
August 3, 1847.
November 6, 1S43.
April 4, 1842.
April I, 1850
January 5, 1841,
April 6, 1831.
January 14. 1823.
August 6, 1833.
January 2, 1844.
August to, i86t.
January 8, 1850.
November 5, 1833.
April 27, 1868.
April 3, J815.
November 12, 1878.
November 5, 1833.
November 3, 1840.
April 25, 1806.
August 4, 1845.
August 5, 1850.
August 4, 1840.
August 6, 1S55.
October 21, 1875.
August 14, 1843.
August 8, i8n.
January 5, 1836.
June 2, 1884.
November n, 1831.
January 23, 1826.
June 21, 1871.
March 1, 1802.
August 3, i8i6.
September i, 1864.
August 3, 1847.
November it, 1842.
April 13, 1839.
October 31, 1816.
Augusts, 1850.
April 7, 1846.

DATE OF DEATH.

March i, 1829.

1834.

August 3, 1861,
May 7, 1838.
February 3, i88r».
January 27, 1871.

1887.

October 5, 1850.
June 16, 1888!
June 30, 1875.
July 2, 1888.
August 7, 1888.

December 23, 1872.
1842.

December 21, 1877.
February 15, 1864.

May 27, 1881.
February 23, 1871.
September 8, 1864,
February 21, lB6^.
January 8, 1877.
April 25, 1889.
February 18, 1886.
June 19, 1882.
October 19, 1889.
August 13. 1883.
June 27, 1867.
August 20, 1832.

September 8, 1884.
June 27. 1878.
September 21, 1861.

February i, 1880.
September 26, 1847.
December 26, i860.
February 4, 1882.
May 15. 1862.
April 26, 1814.
May 6, i860.
December 8, 1873.
October 22, 1862.
August 2o, 1872.
August 8, 1886.
July 25, 1869.
1874.

January 17, 1865.

1874.

July 23, 1879.
February, — 1854.
February 3, i860.
June 1, 1883.

December 6, 1879.
September 30, 18,4.
December 25, 1874.
July 13, 1861.
August 23, 1884.
October 8, 1887.
August II, 1847.
September 10, 1871.
March 26, 1883.
September 22, 1861.

April 5, 1881.
April 27, 1888.
May 27, 1852.
July 6, 1866.

1838.

March 12, 1888.
January 4, 1873.

Septembers, 1886,
1815

April 22, 1855.
September 3, 1876.
December 23, 1864.
June, — 1877.
October 22, 18S9.
March 14, 1818,
February 5, 1859.
November 25, 1847,

NoN Resident Lawyers of Luzerne County.

1395

Myers, Philip T.
Myers, William V.
Nicholson, G. B.
"Nicholson, Horatio W.
Nicholson, Lyman R.
Overton, Edward
Overton, Thomas B.
Paine, Thomas E.
Palmer, Nathan
Parke, Benjamin
Parker, Jonathan W.
Pearce, Cromwell
Peckhara, A. K.
Pettebone, Henry
Philbin, W. J.
Pike, Charles
Post, Isaac T.
Pratt, W. H.
Prentice, William
Randall, David R.
'Rankin, Daniel
Reynolds, L. D.
Richards, Ira D.
Robinson, John T.
Ruth, Ivan T.
Sanderson, George
Scott, David
Scott, George
Shaver, James B.
Sherrerd, Samuel
Silkman, Charles H,
Simreil, E. W.
Slocum, J. J.
Smith, Cyrenus M.
Smith, George T.
Stark, Conrad S.
Stewart, A. C.
Stout, Asher Miner
Stout, Charles Miner
Struihers, James R.
Sturdevant, E. W.
Wadhams, Calvin
Wadhams, Noah
Waelder, Jacob
Waller, C. P.
Waller, George G.
Welles, Rosewell
WeUs, C. H.
Wells, George H.
Wells, Henry Hill
Whitlock, Friend A.
Wilmarth, Wesley S.
Wilmot, David
Wilson, Amzi
Winchester, S. S.
Woodward, George W.
Woodward, Warren J.
Wright, Benjamin D.
Wright, Harrison
Wright, Harrison
Wright, Hendrick B.
Wright, Joseph
Wurts, William
Wurtz, John J.

PLACE OF BIRTH.

Kingston, Pa.
Kingston, Pa.
Salem, Pa.
Salem, Pa.
Salem, Pa,
Clithers, England.
Manchester, England.

Piainfield, Conn.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Bristol, R. I.
Kingston, Pa.
Luzerne county. Pa.
Luzerne county. Pa.
Montrose, Pa.

Richmond, N, H.

Plymouth, Pa.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Fores tville, Pa.
Boston, Mass.
Blandford, Mass.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Dallas, Pa.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Bedford, N. Y.
Luzerne county. Pa.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Waverly, Pa.
Luzerne county. Pa.

Bethlehem, Pa.

Paisley, Scotland.
Braintrim, Pa.
Plymouth, Pa.
Wethersfield, Conn.
Weisenheim, Germany.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Glastonbury, Conn.
Dundaflf, Pa.

Sussex county, Delaware.
Luzerne county. Pa.
Harford, Pa.
Bethany, Pa.
Pittston, Pa.
Baltimore, Maryland.
Bethany, Pa.
Bethany, Pa.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Plymouth, Pa.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Plymouth, Pa.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
MonLville, N. J.
Long wood, N. J.

DATE OF BIRTH.

May 7, 1839.
May 31, 1850.
May 31, 1826.
December 4, 1817.
April 12, 1832.
December 30, 1795.
May 21, 1791.

July I, 1823.
October 15, 1815.
October 5, 1802.
January 11, 1854.
February i, 1830.
June 21, 1837.

August 21, 1818.

July L, 1833.

i826.

December 30, 1814.
June 18, 1847.
February 25, 1810.
April 3, 1782.
June 30, 1829.
January 24, ^859.
April 25, i8ig.
July 24, 1809.
October 3, 1851.
Januaiy 27, 1813.

April 12,

-1844.
1836.

September, 1822.

Augusts, 1815.
June IT, 1806.
December 14, 1833,
May 17, 1726.
May 17, 1820,
August 7, i8rg.
May 3, 1821.
August 20, 1761.
October i, i8z6.

February 18, 1797.
December 30, 1850.
October 7, 1834.
January 90, 1814.
December 17, 1795.
October, — 1817.
March 26, 1809.
September 24, 1819.
January 23, 1799.
January 24, 1815.
July 15, 1850.
April 24, 1808.
June 18, 1839.
November 25, 1809.
February 2, i8or.

ADMITTED.

January 6, 1865.
February 13, 1872.
November 10, 1848.
April 6, 1841,
April 6, 1855.
August 5, 1818.
December 31, 1813.
April 7, 1830.

■1794.

•1825.

August 8, 1836,
April 8, 1851.
August I, 1842.
August 3, 1825.
November 22, 1876.
April 4, 1853.
April 30, 1866.
January 4, 1859.

~ 1799

November 4, 1847.
August 7, 1850.
August 4, 1856.
November 26, 1861.
April 4, 1838.
October 28, 1872.
September 14, 1857,
January 3, iSog.
January 10, 1854.
June 21, 18S6,
April 4, 1853.
January i, 1838.
June 4, 1874.
August 12, 1837.
August 6, 1839.
April 3, 1867.
November 30, 1864.
August 8, 1812.
August 4, 1845.
April 7, 1851.
August 6, 1844.
April 3, 1832.
April 6, 1857.
■1794.

August 4, [845.
August 7, 1843.
April 7, 1846.
May 27, 1887
August 30, i860.
January 6, 1840.
August 4, 1835.
April 3, 1877.
October 16, 1871.
August 5, 1834.
November 7, 1840.
November 6, 1843.
August 3, 1830.
August I, i8<t2.
April 7, 1820.
November 6, 1838.
September 14, 1S74.
November 8, 1831.
January 2, i860.
August 6, 1832.
August 2, 183T.

DATE OF DEATH.

February 13, 1878.
September 24, 1874.
February 12, 1873.
June 16, i8ss.
July 13. 1863.
October 17, 1878,

1819.

1843.

June 16, 1872.
March 22, 1865.
May 5, 1851.
August 29, 1882.
September 12, 1882.
July 10, 1885.

October 6, 1806.
August 31, 1875.

July 25, 1858.
February 9, 1874.
August 28, 1848.
November 19, 1878.
April I, 187^
December 29, 1839.
September 26, i86r.
April I, 1887.
June 21, 1884.
March 8, 1877.

February 27, i860.

September 4, 1871
March 26, 1880.

^1817.

April—, i860.

May 8, 1885.
October 30, 1882.
July 20, 1883.
May 22, 1806
August 28, 1887.

December 4, i88f
March 19, 1830.
March 24, 1888.

November 24, 188a.
May 8, 1875.
March 16, 1868.
May 27, 1872.
June 26, 1881.
May ic, 1875.
September 23, 1879.
April 28, 1875.
August 25, 1856..
February 20, 1885.
September 2, 1881.
May 18, 1862.
July 15, 1858.
November 4, 1836.

LIST OF LAWYERS NOW RESIDING OUT OF LUZERNE COUiSTTY.

NAMES.

PLACE OF BIRTH.

DATE OF BIRTH.

AD.MITTED.

RESIDENCE.

Alexander, J. M.
Amerman, Lemuel

Cortland county, N. Y.
Danville, Pa.

August 4, 1846.
December 24, 1875.

Mount Dora, Florida.
Scranton, Pa.

October 29. 1846

Archbald, R. W.

Carbondale, Pa.

September 10, 1848.

September 17, 1873.

Scranton, Pa.

Aiherton, Thomas M.

Forty Fort, Pa.

April 12, 1829.

February 28, 1859.

Osage, Iowa.

Babb, E. B.

Pittston, Pa.

December, — 181 9.
September 16, 1837,

April 5, 1843.

North Vernon, Indiana.

Bailey, A. M.

West Abington, Pa.

February 25, 1862.

Orange City, Florida.

Bangs, A. W.

Bethany, Pa.

July 26, 1834.

August 31, 1858.

Grand Forks. Dakota.

Barnes, Frank V.

Athens, Pa.

June 14, 1848.

January 21, 1874.

Bismarck," Dakota.

Baumann, Anthony

Baden, Germany.

June 2, 1844,

May 12, 1880.

Scranton, Pa.

Bentley. George F.

Montrose, Pa.

April 4, 1850.

April 17, 1876.

New York.

Brace, Burrell

Wyoming. Pa.

August 20, 1863.

Keelersburg, Pa.

Breck, Charles du Pont

Wilmington, Delaware.

May 18, 1840.

August 18, j86i.

Scranton, Pa.

Bunnell, Lewis M.

Susquehanna Co., Pa,

December 8, 1835.

August 24, i86g.

Scranton, Pa.

Burnham, Horace B.

Spencertown, N. Y.

September 10, 1824.

August 12, 1844.

Richmond, Va.

Bums, Ira H,

Clifford, Pa.

July 19, 1842.

January 21, 1868.

Scranton, Pa.

Burr, James E.

Carbondale, Pa.

Julys, 1853.

May 20, 1877,

Carbondale, Pa.

Burrows, Francis E.

Bradford Co., Pa.

October 6, 1842.

September 5, 1871.

StevensviUe, Pa.

139^

NoN Resident Lawyers of Luzerne County.

Butler, George D.
Byrne, M. J.
Chase, A. A.
Cohen, George E.
Coltins, Francis D.
Ceilings, John B.
Connelly, D. W.
Connelly, John F,
Cooley, D. C.
Coston, H. H.
Courtright, John S.
Dean, Arthur D.
De Witt, George B.
Dickinson, Wharton
Dimmick, E. C.
Durand, Silas H.
Edwards, Henry M.
Ellis, Howard
Espy, John
Kitzsimmons, F. J.
Foley, Thomas J.
Foster, I'homas L.
Frisbie, Hanson Z.
Fuller, Frederick
Gabriel. C. V.
Gearhart, W. H.
Gorman, John A.
Gritman, Philo C.
Gunster, F. W.
Hand, Alfred
Handley, John
Hannah, Daniel
Hannah. H. M.
Harding, Henry
Harrington, D. C.
Hawley, Charles L.
Heery, Michael
Hill, JohnN.evin
Hitchcock, F. L.
Horn, George S.
Hotchkiss, A. B.
Hottenstein, A. S.
Hoyt, A. G.
Hoyt, H. M.
Hoyt. H. M.
Hull, Harry T.
Hughes, Thomas R.
Jones, Harvey J.
Jones, John R.
Jones, Lewis
Jones. M. L.
Jones, W. G.
Kahler, O. C.
KaufFman, P. C.
Kinsey, L. C.
Knapp, H. A.
. Lamb, Charles L,
Lamberton, Charles L.
Lathrop, Charles E,
Lathrop, Wilbur F.
Lathrope, W. W.
Leach, Harold
LeisenriuR, J. S.
Lewis, William
Linderman, R, H.
Little, Ephraim H.
Loomis, F. E.
Lusk, W. D.
Mahon, James
Mahon, Peter A.
Mapledoram, E. C.
Maxwell, James L.
McCoy, Edward I.
McDivitt, S. P.
McDormott, S. F.
Merrifield, Edward
Miner, William B.
Mitchell, Ira C.
Morse, E. K.^
Murray, Thomas S.
Myers, George P.
Myers, Philip
Nesbiit, Thomas
Nichols, F. H.
O'Flaherty, John
O'Hanlon, P. J.
Orr, George M.
Orr, Nathaniel M.

PLACE OF BIRTH.

Luzerne county. Pa.
Pi Its ton. Pa.
Saugerties, N. Y.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Cochecton, N. Y.
Scranton,-Pa.
New York.
Honesdale, Pa.
Plainsville, Pa.
Abington, Pa.
Exeter, Pii.

Milford, Pa.
Herrick, Pa.
Monmouthshire, Eng.
Elkton, Md.
Luzerne county. Pa.
Carbondale, Pa.

Bloomsburg, Pa,
Orwell, Pa.
Montrose, Pa.
Plymouth, Pa.
Northumberland Co., Pa.
Hazleton, Pa.
Sherburne, N. Y.
Lockweiler, Prussia.
Honesdale, Pa.

Harford, Pa.
Harford, Pa.
Eaton, Pa.
Jewett, N. Y.
Montrose, Pa.
Longford Co., Ireland.
Selinsgrove, Pa.
Waterbury, Conn.
Scrantonia, Pa.
Harford, Pa.
Montour county. Pa.
Kingston, Pa,
Kingston, Pa.
Kingston, Pa.
Clififord, Pa.
Bethesda, Wales.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Archbald, Pa,
Exeter, Pa.
Carbondale, Pa.
Carbondale, Pa.
Bloomsburg, Pa.
Mechanicsburg. Pa.
Beach Haven, Pa.
Barker, N. Y.
LeRcy, Pa.
Carlisle, Pa.
Bloomingburg, N, Y.
Hillsdale, Mich.
Carbondale, Pa.
Scranton, Pa.
Selinsgrove, Pa.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Philadelphia, Pa.
New York,
Harford, Pa.
Great Bend, Pa.
Carbondale, Pa.
Pottsville, Pa.
Monticello, N. Y
Northampton, N. Y.
Huntingdon, Pa.
Alexandria, Pa.
Espy, Pa.
Wyoming, Pa.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Howard, Pa.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
New Hope, Pa,
Kingston, Pa.
Kingston, Pa.

Dallas, Pa.
Dallas, Pa.

DATE OF BIRTH.

March 28, 1S39.
July 24, i86z.
March 5, 1844.
December 17, 1B46.
April 24, 1B47.
April 27, 1853.

June 9, 1849.
July 21, 1855.
January 29, 1849.
October i, 1845.
September 9, 1849.
February 2, 1844.
January 5, 1833.
February 12, 1844.
July 6, 1834.
September 21, 1842.
September 29, 1852.

August 30, 1823.
June 8, 1819.
March 13, 1837.
January 1, 1859.
Decembers, 1839.
September 7, 1854.
October 29, 1828,
September 15, 1845.
March 26, 1835,
January 7, 1835-
January 21, 1838.
September 13, 1842.
November 4, 1B48.
December 8, 1834.
December 8, 1855.

September 3, 1855.
April 18, 1837.
April 27, 1849.
June 20, 1839.
May 27, 1840.
January 25, 1847.
June 8, 1830.
November 8, 1861.
May 24, 1847.

October 15, 1847.
May 27, 1856.
August 28, 1807.
April 30, 1840
October, — 1837.
February 20, 1825.
August 13, 1857.
June 30, 1844.
July 24, 1851.
May 18, 1850.
January 4, 1829.
March 5, 1827.
April 13, 1849,
October 9, 1840.
September I, 1856.
April 2, 1847,
March 6, i8oi.
September, — 1858 .
March 23, 1823.
February 7, 1834.
February i, 1833.
March 17, 1837.

January 10, 1847.
August 5, 1848.
December 24, 1842.
July 30, 1832,
July 20, 1854.
April 16, 1833,
March 16, 1843.
February 2, 1819.
February 5, 1846.
November 28, 1830.

June 13, 1856.
December 12, 1851,

ADMITTED.

November g, 1869.
December 5, 1866.
August 20, 1862.
December 11, 1886.
December 24, 1866.
March 2, 1870.
May 10, 1870,
June 4, 1874.
October 24, 1864.
October 4, 1875.
January 11, 1876.
January 4, 1875,
April 14, 1873.
April 24, 1877.
September 17, 1875.
November 20, i860.
October 18, 1871.
August 15, 1864.
April 20, i863.
March ig, 1878.
April 14. 1873.
November 4, 1844.
August 5, 1850.
November 13, i86o.
June 2, 1886.
April 7, 1869.
January 10, 1876.
November 10, 1848.
November 10, 1868.
May 8, i860.
August 21, 1660.
February 21, 1867.
February 24, 1870.
June 12, 1876.
May 7, i860.
June 13, 1877.
August 16, i86g.
December 13, 1878.
May 16, i860.
April 3, 1872.
August 18, 1862.
September 12, 1871."
March 2, 1870.
April 4, 1853.
September 7, 1885.
April 24, 1869.
January 9, 1878.
June 8, 1872.
September 23, 1B79.
August ^, 1B34.
November 15, 1869.
April 10, 1861.
November 11, 1872.
February 26, 1885.
April 10, 1876
February 23, 1B75.
September 21, 1874,
November 20, 1865,
January 12, 1857.
March 18, 1875.
August 8, 1864.
September 28, 1B77.
April II, 1872.
January 5, 1825.
December 5, 1884.
April 7, 1851.
February 20, 1867.
September 28 1871.
January 6, 1B65,
April 22, 1874.
September 11, 1875..
November 4, 1B44.
April 10, 1B76.
November 21, 1876.
April 4, 1867.
August 6, 1855.
January 11, 1881.
August 7, t862.
May 2, 1B64.
November 7, 1842.
April 25, 1B70.
August 8, 1855.
April 4, 1B70.
December 12, 1881.
September 6, 1875.
June 4, 1874,
June 6, 1887.
September 23, 1875.

RESIDENCE.

Scranton, Pa.
Scranton, Pa.
Dunmore, Pa.
Scranton, Pa.
Scranton, Pa.
Scranton, Pa.
St. Paul, Minn.
Scranton, Pa.
Montrose, Pa.
Scranton, Pa.
Tunkhannock, Pa.

Scranton, Pa.
Southampton, Pa.
Scranton, Pa.
Ridgewood, N. J,
St. Paul, Minn.
Scranton, Pa.

Mauch Chunk, Pa.
Grantville, Kan.
Scranton, Pa.
New York.
Scranton, Pa.
Washington, D. C.
Carbondale, Pa.
Scranton, Pa.
Scranton, Pa.
Scranton, Pa. '

New Milford, Pa.
Scranton, Pa.
Tunkhannock, Pa.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Scranton, Pa.
Topeka, Kan.
Sunbury, Pa.
Scranton, Pa.
Scranton, Pa.
Los Angeles, Cal.
Milton, Pa.
New York,
Philadelphia, Pa,
Spokane Falls, Wash.
Humboldt, Neb.
Scranton, Pa.
Gunnison, Col.
Olyphant, Pa.
New York.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
New York.
Bloomsburg, Pa.
Vancouver, Wash.
Montgomery Station, Pa.
Scranton, Pa.
Minneapolis, Minn.
New York.
Carbondale, Pa.
Carbondale, Pa.
Scranton, Pa.
San Francisco, Cal.
Altoona, Pa.
Brooklyn, III.
Stroudsburg, Pa,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
Scranton, Pa.
Montrose, Pa.
Scranton, Pa.
Shamokin, Pa.
Kansas City, Mo.
Danville, Pa.
Tipton, Iowa.
Chicago, 111.
CofFeyville, Kan.
Scranton, Pa
Lancaster, Wis.
Wellsburg, W. Va.
DundafF, Pa.
Trenton, N. J.
Williamsport, Pa,
Chicago, III.

Denver, Col.
Kane, Pa.
Kane, Pa.

Living Judges of Luzerne County.

1397

NAMES.

PLACE OF BIRTH.

DATE OF BIRTH.

ADMITTED.

RESIDENCE.

Paine, William Lewis

Brooklyn, N. Y.

March 23, 1851.

April 6, 1874.

New York.

Painter, E. H.

Freeport, Pa.

February 22, 1843.

February 24, 1869.

Turbotville, Pa.

Parsons, Lewis E.

Lisle, N. Y.

April, — 1817.

August 6, 1839.

Talladega, Ala.

Patrick, H. N.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

September 26, 1853.

September 3, 1878.

Scranton, Pa.

Paiton, Henry D.

Fayette county, Pa.

July 28, 1845. ■

January 5, 1887.

Lancaster, Pa.

Peckham, D, L.

August 4, 1851.

Mill City, Pa.

Perkins, George

Susquehanna county, Pa.

May 8, 182a.

April r, 1850.

Fond du Lac, Wis.

Peters. W. A.

— ,

November 20, 1882.

Seattle, Wash.

Phoenix, C. M.
Pitcher, Charles R.

Wyoming county. Pa.
Waterloo, N. Y.

August 28, 1854.
April 21, 1850.

November 27, 1880.
February 23, 1875.

Scranton, Pa.

Plumb, G. H. R.

Honesdale, Pa.

June 12, i8'i4.

January 18, 1881.

Minneapolis, Minn.

Price, Samuel B.

Branchville, N. J.

April 29, 1847.

April 23, 1873.

Scranton, Pa.

Pursel, B. F.

February 20, i86d.

Kansas City, Mo.

Ranck, John McG.
Rank, D. W.

Union county, Pa.

April 19, 1831.

February 26, 1868.

Light Street, Pa.

Union county. Pa.

February 16, 1833.

February 19, 1872.

Limestoneville, Pa.

Regan, J. D.
Regan, Michael
Rhodes, John B.
Rhodes Joseph C.

Canaan, Pa.

May 4, 1835.

August ig, 1867.

Scranton, Pa.

Canaan, Pa.

1836.

November 12, 1866.
August 31, 1864.
April 8, 1844.

Kansas.
Houtzdale, Pa.

Mifflinburg, Pa.

October 2, 1818.

Rhone, Samuel M.

Luzerne county, Pa.

September 25, 1851.

November 20, 1876.

Montgomery Station, Pa.

Robinson, William C.

Norwich, Conn.

July 26, 1834.

November 9, 1863.

New Haven, Conn.

Royce.C. E. K.

Lebanon Springs, N. Y.

January 13, 1837.

January 23, iSe?.
November 19, r870.

San Francisco, Cal.

Sanderson, George

Towanda, Pa.

August 22, 1847.

Scranton, Pa.

Scanlan, John J.

Inver, Ireland,

October 24, 1845.

September 20, 1873.

Patterson, N. J.

Smith, Andrew J.

Waverly, Pa.

December 15. 1837.

January 2, i860.

Waverly, Pa.

Smith, Cornelius

County Cavan, Ireland.

October 25, 1838.

August 16, 1869.

Scranton, Pa.

Snyder, Jacob B.

Luzerne county. Pa.

July 7, 1824.

August 24, 1869.

Scranton, Pa.

Spratt, 0. W.

Towanda, Pa.

April 22, 184T.

October 30, 1867.

Philadelphia, Pa.

Squier, George H.

Nicholson, Pa.

October 8, 1836.

September 16, 1872.

Carbondale, Pa.

Stanton, William H.

New York.

July,— 1843.

November 10, 1868.

Scranton, Pa.

Staples, Charles B.

Stroudsburg, Pa.

November 24, 1853.

June 11, 1884.

Stroudsburg, Pa.

Stephens, Marlin B.

Uilliown, Pa.

May 10, i860.

May 16, 1887.

Johnstown, Pa.

Stewart, Franklin

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

November 14, 1822.

Augusts, 1847.

Berwick, Pa.

Stiles, Milton

Hobbie, Pa.

February 3, 1849.

September 22, 1874.

Conway Springs, Kan.

Stoutenburg, J. E.

Chester, N.J.

December 14, 1845.

November 24, 1869.

Passaic, N. J.

Sturges, E. B.

Greenfield Hill, Conn.

February 15, 1845.

August 19, 1869.

Scranton, Pa.

Thorp, Moses M.

Canaan, Pa.

March 6, 1848.

April II, 1873.

Waymart, Pa.

■Todd. Charles W.

Sterling, Pa.

July 22, 1832.

April 14, i860.

Carley Brook, Pa.

Torrey, James H.

Delhi, N. Y.

June 16, 1851.

November 20, 1876.

Scranton, Pa.

Ulman, J. E.

Rehrersburg, Pa.

January 25, 1828.

August 29, 1865.

Unger, David

November 16, 1871.

Danville, Pa.

Van Fleet, Charles G.

Luzerne county. Pa.

June 3, 1847.

November 10, 1868.

Troy, Pa.

Vickery, L. D.

December 23, 1869.

Scranton, Pa.

Wadhams, S. F.

Plymouth, Pa.

May 21, 1854.

May 28, 1877.

Duluth, Minn.

Ward, W. G.

Dover Plains, N. Y.

October 7, 1823.

November 10, 1851.

Scranton, Pa.

Ward, Z. M.

Tunkhannock, Pa.

February 17, 1837.

August 17, 1863.

Patterson, N. J.

Weitzel, Paul R.

Sunburv, Pa.

September 13, 1B32.

August 17, 1858

Scranton, Pa.

Wells, T. F.

Dundaff, Pa.

September 17, 1853.

October 4, 1S75.

Scranton, Pa.

Welles, C. H.

Dundaff, Pa.

April 16, 1845.

March 2, 1867.

Scranton, Pa.

Welter. Joshua L.

Avoca, Pa.

February 23, 1858.

June 6, 1885.

Montana.

Wheeler, O. H.

Galway, N. Y.

August 20, 1818.

August 3, 1841.

Williamsport, Pa.

Wilcox, W. A.

Olean, N. Y.

July 25, 1857.

June 18, 1883.

Scranton, Pa.

WiUard, E. N.

Madison, Conn.

April 2, 1835.

November 17, 1857.

Scranton, Pa.

Wilson, Henry

Susquehanna county, Pa.

October 7, 1834.

August 19, 1859.

Honesdale, Pa.

Wilson, Mile J.

Factoryville, Pa.

January 31, 1838.
November 17, 1838.

April 9, 1868.

Scranton, Pa.

Winton, A. H.

Scranton, Pa.

August 22, i860.

Scranton, Pa.

Woodward, George A.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

February 14, 1835.

August 26, 1859.

Washington, D. C.

Wright, Caleb E.

Plymouth, Pa.

February 4, 1810.

August 9, 1833.

Doylestown, Pa.

LIVING JUDGES OF LUZERNE COUNTY.

PRESIDENT JUDGES.

Harding, Garrick M.
Rice, Charles E.

Rhone, Daniel L.

Hoyt, Henry M,
Handley, John
Stanton, William H.
Woodward, Stanley

Bristol, Silvester
Morss, Daniel K.

PLACE OF BIRTH.

Exeter, Pa.
Fairfield, N. Y.

DATE OF BIRTH.

July 12, 1827.
September 15, 1846.

DATE OF COMMISSION

July 12, 1870.
January 5, 1880.

PRESIDENT JUDGE OF THE ORPHANS' COURT.
I Cambra, Pa. | January 19, 1838. | January 4, 1875

ADDITIONAL L.\W JUDGES.
Kingston, Pa.

New York.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

[ Washington. N. Y.
I Windham, N. Y.

June 8, 1830.
January 7, 1835.
July— 1843.
August 29, 1833.

ASSOCIATE JUDGES.

I July 12, 1813.
I January 27, 1821.

July 5, 1867.
January 4," 1875,
January 7. 1878.
January 9, 1880.

I December 3, 1851.
I December 4, 1871.

Resigned Jan. i, 1880.

Commission expired.
Commission expired.
Resigned Feb. 25, 18

I Commission expired.
I Comnii-i-ioii expired.

1398

Resident Attorneys of Luzerne County.

RESIDENT ATTORNEYS OF LUZERNE COUNTY.

A. T. McClintock,
Edward I. Turner,
William P. Miner,
L. D. Shoemaker,
Samuel JVIcCarragher,
Wesley Johnson,
Steuben Jenkins,
David S. Koon,

F. J. Leavenworth,
George Loveland,
Asa K. Brundage,
Francis L Builer,

C. I. A. Chapman,

D. L Patrick,
Garrick JVI, Harding,
Alexander Farnham,
Stanley Woodward,
Agib Ricketts,
John Richards,
Jerome G. Miller,
O. F. Nicholson,

E. H. Chase.

R. C. Shoemaker,
Alfred Darte,
H. B. Plumb,
Harry Hakes,
Geo. B. Kulp,
T. H. B. Lewis,
Gustav Hahn,
E. S. Osborne,
D. L. Rhone,
Charles D, Foster,
Henry W, Palmer,
Charles M. Conynyham,
George R. Bedford,
Hubbard B. Payne,
William M. Shoemaker,
D. L. O'Neill,
Clarence P. Kidder,
George Shoemaker,
John Lynch,
Charles L. Bulkeley,
Thomas J. Chase,
D. J. M. Loop,
William S. McLean,
Andrew" Hunlock,

D. M.Jones,
Elliott P. Kisner,
Isaac P. Hand,
Edmund G. Butler,
Burton Downing,
Charles E, Rice,
Benjamin F. Dorrance,
L. W. DeWitt,
George K. Powell,
Sheldon Reynolds,
George S. Ferris,

E. G, Scott,
Gaius L. Halsey,
Ernest Jackson,
Lyman H. Bennett,
Maicom E. Walker,
Michael Cannon,
John A. Opp.
JohnT. L. Sahm,
William H. McCartney,
Barnet M. Espy,
William P. Ryman,
John T. Lenahan,
Francis M. Nichols,
Emory Robinson,
Qiiincy A. Gates,
ITanklin C. Mosier,

J. Vaughan Darling,
Allan H. Dickson,
Joseph D. Coons,
P. H. Campbell,
George H. Troutman,
Lewis B. Landmesser,
Seligman J. Strauss,

G. Mortimer Lewis,

PLACE OF BIRTH.

Northumberland, Pa.

Plymouth, Pa.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Kingston, Pa.

Princeton, N, J.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Wyoming, Pa.

Dutchess county, N. Y.

Delaware City, Del.

Kingston, Pa.

Conyngham, Pa.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Farmers Mills, N. Y.

Exeter, Pa.

Carboudale, Pa.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Rohrsburg, Pa.

Woodstock, Vt.

Luzerne county. Pa.

Wayne county. Pa.

Haverhill, Mass.

Forty Fort, Pa.

DundafF, Pa.

Luzerne county. Pa.

Harpersfield, N. Y.

Reamstown, Pa.

Trucksville, Pa.

Stutigart, Germany.

Bethany, Pa.

Cambra, Pa.

Luzerne county. Pa.
Susquehanna county. Pa,
Wilkes-Barre, Pa,
Waverly, Pa,
Kingston, Pa,
Forty Fort, Pa.
Port Deposit, Md.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Forty Fort, Pa.
Providence, R. L
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Luzerne county. Pa.
Elmira, N. Y.
Summit Hill, Pa. '

Kingston, Pa.
New York.
Hazleton, Pa.
Berwick, Pa.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Luzerne county. Pa,
Fairfield, N. Y,
Forty Fort, Pa.
Exeter, Pa,
Penn Yan, N. Y.
Kingston, Pa,
Pittston, Pa.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Nesquehoning, Pa.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Harpersfield, N. Y.
Waverly, Pa,
Innisskeel, Ireland,
Muncy, Pa.
Greencastle, Pa.
Boston, Mass.
Nanticoke, Pa,
Dallas, Pa.
Port Griffith, Pa.
Smithfield, Pa.
Lenoxville, Pa.
Wayne county, Pa.
Hughestown, Pa,
Reading, Pa.
Utica, N. Y,
Wilkes-Barre, Pa,
Scranton, Pa,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Ashley, Pa.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Merryall, Pa.

DATE OF BIRTH.

February 2, 1810.

May 27, 1816.

September 8, 1816,

November 5, 1819.

November 10, 1818.

December 20, iSig.

September 28, i8ig.

September 9, 1818.

January 24, 1827,

Novembers, 1823.

March 22, 1828,

September 15, 1827,

October 9, 1826,

January 8, 1826.

July 12, 182;*.

January 12, 1834.

August 29, 1833.

October 12, 1834.

August 16, 1830.

February 27. 1835.

October 9, 1834.

February 28, 1835.

April 4, 1836,

April 28, 1836.

November 13, 1829,

June 10, 1825.

February 11, 1839,

February 22, 1835,

October 23, 1830.

August 7, 1839.
January 19, 1838.
November 25, 1836.
July 10, 1839.
July 6, 1840.
November 22, 1840.
July 20, 1839,
June 20, 1840.
December 10, 1835,
May 10, 1839.
June 28, 1844.
November i, 1843.
January 15, 1843.
May 26, 1844,
February 11, 1823,
May 27, 1842,
May I, 1839.
September 2, 1843.
August I, 1845.
Aprils, 1843.
June II, 1845.
November 14, 1845.
September 15, 1846,
August 14, 1846.
December 3, 1845.
June 10, 1845.
February 22, 1845.
April 28, 1849.
June 15, 1836.
July 12, 1845.
August 6, 1848.
February 20, 1845.
April 8, 1847.
March 23, 1844.
July 15, 1847.
September 6, 1843.
July II, 1834.
May 16, 1846.
August 23, 1847.
November is> 1852.
May 23, i8si.
July 6, 1849.
December 19, 1847.
October 8, 1846.

iuly 24, 1844.
lovember 14, 1851.
June 14, 1852,
November 24, 184s.
January 18, 1842.
March s, 1850.
August 19, 1852.
November 23, 1848.

ADMITTED.

August 8, 1836.
November 5, 1839.
August 3, 1841.
August I, 1842.
November 7, 1842.
April — 1846.
August 3, 1847.
January 5, 1848.
January 10, 1848.
August 19, 1848. *
April 2, 1849.
April 6, 1849.
January 8, i8so.
August 5, 1850.
August 5, 1850.
January 13, 1855.
August 4, 1856.
January 6, 1857.
April 5, 1858.
April 24, 1858.
April 24, 1858.
January 4, 1859,
April 4, 18S9.
May 12, 1859.
November 21, 1859.
January 2s, i860.
August 20, i860.

August 22, i860.

February 18, 186 1.
February 26, 1861.
April I, i86r,
April 23, 1861.
August 24, 1S61.
August 18, 1862.
November 10, 1862.
August 20, 1863,
September 3, 1863.
April 4, 1864,
April 4, 1864,
January 6, 186%.
November 20, i86s.
January 8, 1866.
November 12, 1866.
December i, 1866.
August 19, 1867.
November 10, i868.
February 27, 1869.
August 16, 1869.
November 1$, 1869.
November 17, 1869.
November 19, i86g.
February 21, 1870.
August 20, 1870.
December 17, 1870.
June 12, 1871.
October 16, 187T.
February 19, 1872.
September 9, 1872.
September 9, 1872.
September 9, 1872.
December 4, 1872.
January 6, 1873.
January 25, 1873,
February 24, 1873.
April 23, 1873.
Septemoer 12, 1873.
September 20, 1873,
September 20, 1873.
October 27, 1873.
October 28, 1873,
January 5, 1874,
January 22, 1874.
February 26, 1874,
June 4, 1874.
September 14, 1874,
September 14, 1874.
September 14, 1874.
September 16, 1874,
April s, 1875.
September 6, 1875,
September 6, 1875.

Resident Attorneys of Luzerne County.

1399

NAMES.

PLACE OF BIRTH.

DATE OF BIRTH.

ADMITTED.

George R. Wright,

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

November 21, 1851.

September 6, 1875.

Edward A, Lynch,

Nesquehoning, Pa.

August 15, 1853.

September 11, 1875.

Charles H. Sturdevant,

Bellefonte, Pa.

May 18, 1848.

October 4, 1875.

Frank C. Sturges,

Greenfield Hill, Conn.

March 12, 1854.

October 18, 1875.

John B. Reynolds,

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

August 5, 1850.

November 15, 1875.

A. H. McClintock,

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

December 12, 1852.

January 20, 1876.
February 7, 1876.

Charles W. McAlarney,

Mifflinburg, Pa.

December 20, 1847.

John McGahren,
Nathaniel Taylor,

EUicottville, N. Y.

March 8, 1852.

February 14, 1876.

Danville, Pa.

January 28, 1848.
May 26, 1849.

April 5, 1876.

Thomas R. Martin,

Hagerstown, Md.

April 10, 1876.

Oscar J. Harvey,

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

September 2, 1851.
July 14, 1853.

May 16, 1876.

Thomas H. Atherton,

Wyoming, Pa.

September 29, 1876.

George W. Shonk.

Plymouth, Pa.

April 26, 1850.

September 29, 1876.

H. A. Fuller,

Wilkes-Barre. Pa.

January 15, 1855.

January g, 1877.

Clarence W. Kline,

Jerseytown, Pa.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

October 25, 1851.

January 10, 1877.

E. W. Sturdevant,

November 12, 1854.

June 11, 1877.

Bernard McManus,

Beaver Meadow, Pa.

July 23, 1846.

November 19, 1877.
March 22, 1878.

R. H. Wright,

Perry county. Pa.

December 4, 1841.

P. V. Weaver,

I^uzerne county. Pa.

March 11, 1855,

September 23, 1878.

A. F. Derr,

Klines Grove, Pa.

May 29, 1853.

December 2, 1878.

James L. Lenahan,

Plymouth, Pa.

November 5, 1856.

January 28, 1879.

Frank W. Wheaton,

Binghamton, N, V.

August 27, 1855.

September 2, 1879.

Emmett D. Nichols,

Ulster, Pa.

July 8, 1855.

September 16, 1879.

Kdwin Shortz,

Mauch Chunk, Pa.

July 10, 1841,

iMarch 29, 1880.

Jasper B. Stark,

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

February 17, i8s8.

April 26, 1880,

Martin F. Burke,

Pittston, Pa.

February 8, 1855.

May 10, 1880.

William J. Hughes,

Pittston, Pa.

December 30, 1857.

June 7, t88o.

Edward E. Hoyt,

Kingston, Pa.

January 22, 1859.

September 17, 18B0.

Robert D. Evans,

Lewisburg, Pa.

August 17, 1856.

November 15, 1880.

William R. Gibbons,

Baltimore, Md.

September 18, 1857.

April 4, 1881.

William L. Raeder,

Gardner's Ferry, Pa.

November 27, 1854.

June 6, 1881.

fieorge H, Butler,

Forty Fort, Pa.

September 2, 1857.

June 6, 1881.

W. H. Hines,

Brooklyn, N. Y.

March 15, 1854.

June 6, 1881.

John D. Hayes,

Limerick, Ireland.

April 4, 1853.

June 11, 1881.

A E, Chapin,

New Columbus, Pa.

August 7, 1853.

October 19, i88t.

Henry W. Dunning,

Franklin, N. Y.

September 11, 1858.

June 5, 1882.

George H. Fisher,

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

October 13, i860.

June 5, 1882.

James N. Anderson,

Pittston, Pa.

January 7, 1856.

June 5, 1882.

William C. Price,

St. Clair. Pa.

March 2, 1858.

October 14, 1882.

Dennis 0. Coughlin,

Luzerne county. Pa.

July 9, 1852.

November 20, 1882,

Joseph Moore,

Castle Eden, England.

July 3, 1851.

November 20, i88z.

John S. Harding,

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

August 29, 1859.

November 21, 1882.

Cecil R. Banks,

Hollidaysburg, Pa.

November 3, 1849.

January 10, 1883.
March 15, 1884.

Cormac F. Bohan,

Pittston, Pa.

December 14, 1862.

B. F. McAtee,

Clear Spring, Md.

December 28, 1843.

September 3, 1884.

Harry Halsey,

Philadelphia, Pa.

October 16, i860.

November 28, 1884.

Tuthill R. Hillard,

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

December 12, i860.

, une 6, 1885.

Samuel M. Parke,

Pittston, Pa.

May 4, 1859.

June 9, 1885.

Peter A. O'Boyle,

Killfine, Ireland.

November 10, 1861.

July 27, 1885.

Jianiel A. Fell,

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

November 23, 1858.

: uly 27, 1885.

John B. Woodward,

Wilkes-Barre. Pa.

April 3, 1861.

September 7, 1885.

Lord B. Hillard,

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

December 5, i86c.

September 7, 1885.

Henry H. Welles,

Kingston, Pa.

January 21, 1861.

October 10, 1885.

Moses W. Wadhams,

Plymouth, Pa.

August 2, 1858.

October 10, 1885.

Anthony L. Williams,

Ebervale, Pa.

October 10, 1862.

October 12, 1885.

John M. Garman,

Thompsontown, Pa.

September 1, 1851.

January 29, 1886.

Liddon Flick,

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

October 28. 1859.

June 2, 1886.

(ieorge D. Hedian,

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

December 8, 1856.

June 4, 1886.

John Q. Creveling,

Columbia county. Pa.

June 6, 1861.

June 19, 1886.

Peter A. Meixell,

Luzerne county, Pa.

August 16, 1857.

September 20, 1886.

Charles E. Keck,

White Haven, Pa.

September 2, 1861.

October 18, 1886.

AntHony C. Campbell,

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

June 7, 1862.

October 18, 1886.

'I'homas C. Umsted,

Faggs Manor, Pa.

October 10,1862.

December 4, 1886.

James R. Scouton,

Elwell, Pa.

September 26, 1858.

January 6, 1887.

James M. Fritz,

Orangeville, Pa.

March 10, 1857.

January 29, 1887.

George P. Loomis,

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

May I, 1859.

January 31, 1887.

Edward F. McGovern,

Darlington, England.

September 10, i860.

June 6, 1887.

George Urquhart,

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

December 31, 1861.

June 27, 1887.

John F. Everhart,
Frank W. Larned,

Pittston, Pa.

June 18, 1859.
May 30, 1859.

November 15, 1887.

Luzerne county, Pa.

May 21, 1888.

Darryi L. Creveling,

Columbia county, Pa.

October 7, 1859.

June 18, 1888.

Alexander Ricketts,

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

October 29, 1866.

September 28. 1888.

George B. Hillman,

Wilkes-Barre, Pa. .

May 21, 1867.

December 10, 1888.

George W. Moon,

Scranton, Pa.

July 4, i860.

December 10, 1888.

W. J. Trembath,

Ballarat, Australia.

December 16, 1859.

December 10, 1888.

William 1. Hibbs, ,

Thompsontown, Pa.

June 3, 1851

March ir, 1889.

James L. Morris,

Pittston, Pa.

May 12, i860.

April 22, i88g.

Thomas Darling,

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

May 29, 1863.

April 22, 1889.

Hand, Alfred

ERRATUM.

LIVING JUDGES OF LUZERNE COUNTY.
ADDITIO^JAL I.AW JUDGE.
I Honesdale, Pa. | March 26, 1835. | March 4, 1879.

I Commission expired.

i4oo Names.

NAMES.

Biographical sketches of the following named persons are con-
tained in this volume :

Page.

Alexander, John Marion 1231

Allen, John J 1197

Alsover, Jabez 13 19

Barnum, Charles Treadway 1285

Beaumont, William Henry 1274

Bedford, James Sutton ... 1283

Bennet, Daniel Strebeigh 1363

Bennet, Charles 1224

Bennett, Ziba 1202

Bidlack, Benjamin Alden 1134

Blackman, Miner S 1215

Bowman, Caleb Franklin 1261

Bowman, Ebenezer 1050

Bowman, James Watson 1127

Bowman, Samuel 1127

Bradley, Abraham 1052

Brisbin, John 1292

Brundage, Chester Butler 1296

Bryson, James 132^

Burnside, Thomas ioqB

Butler, Chester . . 1126

Byington, Theodore L . . . . 1281

Byrne, Peter J 1230

Cake, Isaac McCord 1294

Campbell, Joseph H 13 12

Canavan, Martin .• 1278

Carpenter, Benjamin 1047

Case, William F j ,q-

Catlin, Charles \od^

Catlin, George i jq.

Names. 1401

Catlin, Putnam 105 1

Chamberlain, Albert 1298

Chapman, Seth 1081

Chase, Ezra Bartholomew 1287

Collins, Oristus 1107

Collins, Thomas 13 10

Conyngham, John Nesbit 1 1 14

Conyngham, John Butler . . ; 1238

Cooper, Thomas 1076

Courtright, John Searle 1368

Covell, Edward M 1216

Craig, John Perry 1 295

Crane, Frederick M 1 1 84

Dana, Milton 1233

Dana, Sylvester 1 142

Darling, Thomas I379

Darte, Alfred ... 1232

Denison, Charles 1191

Denison, George 1087

Denison, Nathan 1057

Dickinson, Israel 1181

Dietrick, Aaron Jared 1366

Drake, George C 1141

Dyer, Thomas 1072

Evans, John 1075

Fell, Jesse 1061

Flanagan, Montgomery 'Joseph . 1362

Fuller, Amzi 1130

Fuller, Henry Mills 1201

Gibson, John Bannister 1091

Gore, John L 1302

Gore, Obadiah 1047

Graham, Thomas 1061

Grant, Sanford 1299

Griffin, George 1063

I402 Names.

Hakes, Lyman 1 198

Hamilton, Arthur 1295

Hancock, William . 1277

Harrison, Canfield 1302

Harvey, Elisha Boanerges 1235

Haughawout, George Dougherty 1293

Headley, Samuel Freeman 1170

Hibbs, William Irwin . ^2)77

Hill, Elliott Smith Miller 1234

Hillman, George Baker 1373

Hodgdon, Samuel 1221

Holliday, James 1208

Hollenback, Matthias 1046

Hurlbut, Christopher 1056

Jackson, Angelo . . . 1246

Jackson, Morrison Elijah hoc

Jessup, William .1185

Johnson, Ovid Frazer 1165

Jones, Joel u^o

Jones, John Richard . ... 1370

Jones, Matthew Hale . . '. . . . . . . 1174

Jones, Nathaniel j22 7

Ketcham, John Holmes 1207

Ketcham, Winthrop Welles 1240

Kidder, Luther uyc

Kidder, Rowland Metcalf

1312

King, Henry . . . . 10^5

Kingman, William Roberts ..." 1365

Kingsley, Nathan . . . 1048

Kinney, Joseph ... ... 10- c

Koons, John . ... \'>2q

Lathrop, Dwight Noble . . ij^-

Le Clerc, Edward Emmelius XIQia.

1079

1225

1260

Lee, Washington .
Lee, Washington
Lewis, Arnold Colt

Names. 1403

Little, William E 1191

Longstreet, Samuel Price 1284

Mallery, Edward Garrick . . . 1218

Mallery, Garrick 1083

Mallery, Pierce Butler 1181

Maxwell, Volney Lee 1 168

Mc Clintock, James 1141

McQuillan, Dennis Alexander 1322

McShane, Francis . . . 108 1

Meredith, Thomas 1097

Merrifield, William .... 1 286

Merriman, Edgar Leroy 1303

Metcalf, Henry 1234

Miller, William Henry 1214

Miner, Joseph Wright 1246

Miner, Josiah H iioi

Moon, George Washington 1376

Morris, James Lincoln 1378

Murray, Noah 1054

Myers, John William 1228

Myers, Lawrence 1057

Myers, Philip Thomas 1307

Myers, William Vanderbelt 1323

Nesbitt, James 1047

Nicholson, George Byron 1238

Nicholson, Horatio W . . . 1 197

Nicholson, Lyman Richardson 1283

Osterhout, Isaac Smith 13 13

Overton, Edward ' 1102

Overton, Thomas Bleasdale 1095

Paine, Thomas Edward II43

Palmer Nathan 1060

Parke, Benjamin 11 39

Parker, Jonathan W 1182

Pearce, Cromwell 1 27 1

1404 Names.

Peckham, Aaron Kingsley 1209

Pettebone, Henry 11 38

Pfouts, Benjamin Franklin 1320

Philbin, William Joseph 1362

Pickering, Timothy , 1044

Pike, Charles 1278

Post, Isaac Joseph 1 308

Pratt, William H 1293

Prentice, William 1062

Randall, David Richardson 1235

Rankin, Daniel 1263

Reichard, John 1299

Reynolds, Lazarus Denison 1285

Reynolds, William Champion 1197

Richards, Ira D 1301

Robinson, John Trimble 11 84

Ross, William Sterling 1 143

Rush, Jacob 1058

Ruth, Ivan Thomas . . .■ 1324

Sanderson, George 1288

Scott, David iioi

Scott, George 1283

Sherrerd, Samuel 1279

Shoemaker, Charles Denison 1 165

Silkman, Charles Henry 1182

Simrell, Eugene W 1324

Slocum, Joseph 1277

Slocum, Jonathan Joseph 1182

Smith, Cyrenus M 1 190

Smith, George^Thomas . 131 1

Smith, William Hooker 1047

Stark, Conrad Sax 1306

Steele, George Palmer 13 10

Stewart, Alphonso C 1086

Stout, Asher Miner 1226

Stout, Charles Miner 1270

Struthers, James Robb 1223

Names. 1405

lylor, Edmund 1242

rembath, William John 1 376

^adhams, Noah 106 1

''aelder, Jacob 1227

Waller, Charles Phillips 1219

lelles, Rosewell 1050

leWs, Corydon Hiram ... 1296

/ells, George H 1190

/ells, Henry Hill 1180

/hitlock, Friend Aaron .1 363

/ilmarth, Wesley S 1322

/ilmot, David ... . . 1177

/ilson, Amzi 1 195

/inchester, Stephen Severson 1220

/oodward, George Washington . .1 146

Woodward, Warren Jay , . . 1210

/right, Benjamin Drake 1125

k/right, Harrison 1190

/right, Harrison 1325

/right, Joseph 1294

/urtz, John J 1167

Varts, William . . . . 1 169

1406

Index of Names.

INDEX OF NAMES.

Volume I, pp. ito 504. Volume II, pp. 505 to 1038. Volume

III, pp. 1039 TO END.

Aaron, 833.

Abbott, 157, 1251-55, 1392-

Abrams, 904.

Ace, 984.

Ackley, 689.

Adair, 681.

Adam, 1139.

Adams, 45, 241, 87, 306, 43, 408,
656,666, 807-8, 87, 970, 1046,74,
77, 90, 1189, 1210, 1335, 9°-

Adoison, 608.

Adgate, 316.

Aerts, 972-73.

Aertz, 1 138.

Agnew, 28, 210, 1122, 51, 63.

Airgood, 768.

Albright, 41, 523, 27, 679, 880,

944, 1030-
Albrighton, 277.
Alden, 303-7, 748, 969, 1136, 1273-

74.
Alderfer, 1385.
Aldrich, 656.
Alexander, 20, 257-58, 562, 852, 95,

1067, 1167, 1231-32.
Alexander, Czar ot Russia, 933.
Alexander III, 252.
Allen, II, 286, 318, 818, 919, 73,

1186, 97, 1327, 36, 38.
Allison, 95, 588, 1097.
Allsworth, 870-71.
Allyn, 900, 35.
Alricks, 1165-67.
Alsis, see Halsey,
Alsover, 39, 498, 556, 1319-20.
Alvord, 925.
Amerman, 39, 979-80.
Ames, 825.
Amsbry, 617,

Anderson, 555, 712-13, 1322.
Andre, 103, 15, ii2'j,'j2.
Andrew, 429.
Andrews, 57B, 711.
Andries, 281,
Andross, 1166.
Andruss, 578.
Anne, Queen, 766.
Ansbacher, 480.
Ansell, 860.
Antony, Marc, 1242.
Apple, 1257.
Appleton, 378, 1046.
Archbald, 39, 526, 855, 83, 955,

ioi6~35, 71-72.
Argyll, Bishop of, 203.
Arkeson, 774.
Armstrong, 218, 58, 64, 525-26,648,

952-53, 1173, 1263.
Arndt, 1119, 1180.
Arnold, 263, 356, 523, 668, 93, 8ir,

1062.
Arnot, 671.

Arthur, 318, 683, 977, 1391.
Asbury, 212, 466,638,95,1090,1262.

Aspinwall, 1004.
Atherholt, 1138.
Atherton, i, 26, 39. 161, 295, 516-

32, 607, 51, 725, 867, 1007, 14-

15, 1259, 1375,91-
Athey, 1389.
Atkinson, 670, 1377.
Atwater, 884, 1232
Atwood, 897.
Auge, 1098.
Augur, 841. ,
Augustus, 892.
Aurbach, 802.
Austin, 794, 1029, 36, 64.
Avery, 595, 628, 1040-41, 1369.
Ayres, 1195.

Babb, 834-35.

Babcock, 745, 1285.

Bachman, 149, 1385

Backus, 881, 1072, 1109.

Bacon, 1123.

Bagnall, 237.

Bailey, 26, 39, 165, 78, 377, 671,

896-97, 982.
Baker, 434, 93, 772, 867, 920, 1244-

^ 45, 1303-

Baicom, 85.

Balcomb, 1236.

Baldwin, 48, 465,576, 79,758, 954,

63. 1033-35, 41, S3, 1110, 41, 55,

1201, I 32 I.
Ball, 168-69, 848.
Ballou, 654-56.
Baloyl, 255.
Baltimore, Lord, 719
Bamberger, 1299.
Bancroft, 97, 728, 1071.
Bangs, 853, 66-67, ^391-
Banks, 268, 589, 713-19, 1261.
Banning, 471.
Barber, 314, 1038.
Barclay, 140, 542.
Bardley, 195.
Barge, 149.
Barker, 444.
Barklcy, 803.
Barksdale, 428, 590.
Barnard, 888.

Barnes, 832, 913, 58-59, 1187, 1245,
Barnet, 858.
Barnett, 556.
Barneveldt John of, 279.
Barney, 929.

Barnum, 13, 789, 1244, 77, 85-86.
Barr, 297.
Barrett, 883, 1263.
Barrington, 791.
Barton, 1126, 1390.
Bass, 978, 1297.
Bassan, 989.
Bassford, 903.
Batchelor, 845.

Batchley, 862.

Bates, 416-ig, 717, 1041.

Bauer, 788,

Baughman, 680,

Baumann, 1001-02.

Baumann, see Bowman.

Baur, 25, 162, 48S, 825, 1227.

Baxter, 37.

Bayard, ii8r.

Beach, 1041, 1350.

Bean, 144, 717.

Bear, 680.

Beardslee, 249, 452-55, 817, 1344,

Beatty, 68i.

Beattys, 955-56,

Beaulieu, 173

Beaumont, 484, 886, 932-33, iioo,

41, 1274-77.
Beauregard, 268.

Beaver, 878, 918,68, 1033, 1381. .
Beckwith, 506, 1064.
Bedford, 15, 19, 25, 38, 208-26,

417, €>6, 592, 725, 41, 78, 9'5,

33. 1047. "51, 1283, 1383.
Beebe, 323.
Beech, 1089.

Beecher, 384, 835, 98, 1218.
Beers, 561.
Behee, 604.
Beilby, 434.
Beissel, 144.
Belcher, 868.
Belden, 622.
Belding, 905.
Bclford, 566.

Bell, 25, 248-49, 338, 999, 1386.
Bellows, 427,
Benade, 1342.
Benedict, 425, 90-93, 827-29, 1065,

1288.
Bennet viii, 856, 1224-25, 1363-

65.
Bennett, 39, 135, 4"-i5. 561-64,

635, 30-50, 976. 1086-87, 1 183,

1202-08, 1307, II, 8o,.87, 89, 92.
Benscoter, 813.
Benson, 167, io6g,.
Bentley, 40, 843,937, 13, 82-83,

1174, 1266-67, 98.
Benton, 1276.
Bergen, 192.
Rerry, 598.

Bertles, 26, 789, 97, 1390.
Bertram, 397, 1095.
Beryar, 1327.
Betts, 840, 944.
Bevan, 569.
Beza, 966.

Biddle, 294, 741, 55, 820, 902.
Bidlack, 19-20, 132, 306, 43, 53,

88, 630, 813, vii, 1134-38, 1245.
Bigelow, 810.
Bigler, 99, 266, 588, 1155.

Ind£x of Names.

1407

Billings, 1198-99.

Bingham^ 1109.

Binn, 1074.

Binns, 294-95^

Binney, 823^ 1346-

Birde, 1344.

Birdseye, 693.

liiige, 750-

Birney, 321.

Birtel, 918.

Biscoe, 810.

Bishop, 955, 1217.

Bifipham, 685.

Black, 159, 27^-76, 78, 532, 1159.

Black Hawk, 857, 1105.

Blackman, 132-33, 604, 931-32,

1215-16, 1349, 74.
Biackstone, 459.
Blackwood, 1016.
Blain, 264.

Blaine, 87, 259, 4;io, 93, 618.
Blair, 258, 543, 1289.
Blakeslee, 498, 969, 1385.
Blanchard, 67, 464, 772.
Blank, 705,
Blatchley, 862.
Bleasdale, 1T02.
Bliss, 751, 876.
Biith, 876.
Blois, 840.
Blum, 1359.
Boadicea, 577.
Boardman, 579.
Boal, 1153.
Bodenheiiner, 480.
Bogaart, 793.
Bogert, 154.
Boggs, 1272.
Bogue, 1163.
Bohan, 625-26, 1389
Boice, 390.
Bolmar, 868,938.
Bolton, 1195, 1220.
Bonaparte, 715, 1194.
Bond, 344, 687.
Boniface VIII, (Pcpe), 252,
Booth, 21, 762, 66, 1344.
Boquet, 263.
Borbidge, S56.
Bordwell, 585.
Borodell, 1087,
Hosee, 102.
Boskirk, 793.
Bos.seut, 547.
J-tostick, 104 J.
Bostwick, 937.
Boswell, 316.
Bouck, 1025.
Bouscher, 857.
Bovie, 793-

Bowen, 654, 1072, TT74.
Bowers, 437-38, 856.
Howie, 953.
Bowman, 25, 48, 125. 75, 215,

339, 94, 99, 496, 509. 695-96, 714,

1001-02, 43, 50-51, 61, 90, 1115,

17, 27-30, 1261-63.
Boyd,647-48,722,866,i 1 71-73,7321.
Boyer, 729, 68.
Boy Is ton, 666.
Brace, 901.

Braddock, 517, 715, 845,98, 1271.
Bradford, 971-72.
Bradley, 585,870,991, 1052-54,61,

1228, 88.
Bradstreet, 791.
Bragg, 234.
Brafil, 918.
Brainard, 376, 585, 921.

Brakeley, 738-39.

Brakenbury, 808.

Brandt, 608.

Brassington, 1271.

Bratt, 793,

Breck, 890-96.

Breese, 55, 57, 1381.

Breneiser, 156.

Brett, 1194.

Brevost, 172.

Brewer, 268.

Brewster, 28, 119, 94, 368.

Bridgum, 491.

Briggs, 899.

Brinham, 677.

Brink, 181.

Brintnali, 227.

Brinsmade, 323.

Brisbane, 165, 76, 1239.

Brisbin, 34, 1220, 92-93.

Bristol, 25, 1035-36, 1132.

Brittain, 475.

Brittou, 932.

Broadhead, 63, ioo8-ii, 1138,1204,

96.
Brocket, 674.
Brockway, 506.
Brodrick, 594, 838.
Brongniart, 1349-50.
Bronson, 547.

Brooks, 2gj, 428, 727, 1209.
Brougham, 1092.
Brower, 934.
Brown, 26, 297, 338, 55, 418, 542,

85. 748, 812, 40, 48, 950, 62,

1000-01, 59, 1143, 12 J3, 62-63.
.Browne, 728, 811, 1280.
Brownell, 744.
Brubaker, 144.
Bruce, 252-55, 794.
Brundage, 25, 38, 62-65, 225, 88-

89, ion, 14, 1296, 1384.
Bryan, 991-93.
Bryant, 811.
Brydcn, 713.
Bryson, 131, 264-65, 441-42, 1323-

24.
Buchanan, 42, 257, 62, 64, 67, 1 112,

54-55-
Bucher, 268.
Buchman, 148.
Buck, 53, 89, 115, 598-Coo. 704,

1041, 1256.
Buckalew, 34, 179, 97, 271, 509,

711, 1179, 91, 96,
Buckingham, 61, 84, 363' 65, iiig.
Bucknell, 979.
Buehler, 998.
Buell, 234.
Buford, 34.
Bulford, 187.
Bulkeley, 25, 63-64, 285-go, 833,

43, 1081.
Bull, 94, 743, ii73-74» 1382-83.
Bullock, 1041.
Bunnell, 39, 927-28.
Burdett, 1221.
Burdick, 196.
Burg, 810.
Burge, 376.
Burgoyne, 442, 623, 1010, 35,55,

1309.
Burke, 402, 568, 1067, mo, 1367,

1390.
Burleigh, 724.
Burnham, 840-42.
Burns, 912-13, 1024, 32.
Burnside, 393, vii, 1078 ,98-1102, 53
Burr, no, 761-66, 990-93.

Burre, 763-64.

Burrett, 1389,

Burritt, 664, 1344.

Burrough, 747.

Burrows, 418, 680, 936-37 1391.

Bursley, 971.

Burtis, 210.

Burton, 253-54, 9^5, 1020.

Bush, 1176.

Butler, 13, 24, 32-33, 39, T02-3, 16-
17* 32, 89,91,206,15-18,58,64,97,
326-51, 63, 85, 87-88, 427.95, 506-
07, 62, 78, 95, 99, 601, 6-9, 35, 40-
41, 44, 68-69, 9°> 7iOj 49-50) 800-
1,24, 29, 33-34, 46-48, 928, 1039-
43, 50, 65, 67, 84, 88-89, 11^5,
24, 26-27, 74. 84, 1218-19, 26, 50,
52, 93. 1330* 46, 56, 58.

Buzzard, 174, 1196.

Bye, 898.

Eyington, 1281-2.

Byrne, 904, 1230-31, 78.

Byron, 1024, 6g.

Cadel, 203.

Cadwalader, 988-89, 1097, 1337,

Caesar, 1242.

Caffrey, 282.

Cahoon, 20, 1261, 1351.

Cake, 1294.

Caldwell, 720, 1089, 1250.

Calkins, 1088.

Callahan, 798.

Callaghan, 900.

Callender, 848, 1373.

Callyhan, 900.

Calvin, 139.

Camden, 236.

Cameron, gg, 1154-55, 79, 92.

Camp, 676.

Campbell, 25, 39, 266, 68-g, 470-73,

608, 698-700, 955, 80, 96, 1004,

80, 1226, 1312.
Canavan, 1278.
Canajoharie, priest of, 189.
Canby. 542, 6g, 841.
Canfiield, 1168,

Cannon, 39, 421-22, 472, 1033,1183.
Capron, 906,
Capwell, 915.
Carew, 352, 1109.
Carey, 66, 216, 595, 833, io83,

1257. 1334, 56.
Cargell, 228,
Carlisle, 542.
Carman, 192.
Carmichael, 93-94.
Carothers, 264.
Carpenter, 208, 411, 920, 1042,

43,47,97, 1182,91.
Carr, 135, 339, 56, 599, 6zi, 868,

1165, 77, 1387.
Carrigan, 268.
Carrington, 409.
Carroll, 663, 960.
Carson, 1059.
Carter, 576.

Carver, 419, 667-68, 1242.
Cary, 352-53. 90.
Case, 157, 268, 849, 1307.
Casey, 880.

Cass, 268, 586, 623, 1275.
Cassidy, 980.
Caster, 692,
Catlin, V, iii, 213-15, 345, v, 613,

756-57i 59. 1031, vii, 43, 51-52,

6r, 96, 1103-7.
Catoonah, 828.

1408

Index of Names.

Caulkins, 316.

Chadwick, 119,

Chalfant, 268.

Chamberlain, 543, 914, 1295,

Chamberlin, 39.

Chambers, 1095, 1116,

Champlin, 773, 1139.

Champneys, 270.

Chandler, 1189, 1228.

Chapin, 656, 709-12, 1264.

Chapman,, 65-68, 304-5, 68, 633,

821, 37, 75-77, 982, 1041, 81-83,

1 1 60, 69, 1260,
Charlemagne, 547.
Charles I, 324, 1130.
Charles, II, 2, 52, 255, 57, 1010,

1130, 1247, 1327.
Charles IX, 546.
Charlton, 1247.
Chase, 39, 105-6, 121-22, 25-27,

65, 290-92, 874, 97, 99-901,35,

42, ii6j, 1237, 46, 87-88, 1307,

1384.
Chastellux (Marquis de), 524,1291.
Chaumcnt (de), izgi,
Chauncey, 286, 1109.
Cheeny, 982,
Cheetham, 1067.
Cheney (de), 1070.
Cherry, 946.
Chesebrough, 747-48.
Chew, 8ig.
Chickering, 227.
Child, 1238.
Childs, 1227.
Chittenden, 86g.
Chitwood, 286.
Choiscuil (de), 892.
Christ, 479.
Chrystal, 352, 789.
Church, 134, 277, 406-7, 737, 1176,

99, 1244.
Cist, 30, 66, 499-500, 1C94, 1127,
^ 1332-34, 36-37, 40, 42-54, 58, So!

Clanning, 862.

Clapham, 517.

Clapp, 958.

Clark, 264, 66, 363, 65, 425, 53-54,

538, 610, 771, 872, 84,954, 1109,

1387.
Clarke, 19, 264, 872, 1131, 64.
Clarkson, 1130.
Classen, 141.
Claverhouse, 255.
Clawson, 9r3,
Claxton, 398.
Clay, 664, 1012, 1113, 89.
Claypole, 1144, 1327.
Clayton, 1181.
Cleamans, 148; see Clemens.
Ciemmer, 678.
Clemens, 13S5.
Clemonb, 856.
Clerq, 192.

Cleveland, in, 515, oo^.
Cljft, 48.

Clinton, 279-80, 1023-24, 1105.
Clive, Lord, 895.
Clothier, 751.
Clubine, 835,.
Clymer, 270, 1097, 1102,
Coates, 891.
Cochran, 683. 982.
Cochrane, 877.
Coffin^ 679.
Coffrin, 304.
Coggshall,2, 12^5.
Cohen, 801-02.
Coit, 316, 6[.

Colbert, 1244,

Colden, 1067.

Cole, 509, 606, 798.

Coleman, 318, 1012.

Coles, 447.

CoUings, 25, 86, 886-&7, 931-34.
1138, 1277,

Collins, 3, 15, 31, 33, 63, 69, 71, 197;
394, 542, 829, 42-43, 905-6, 1004,
vii, 1107-14, ing, 1220, 1310.

Colt, 3^8, 495-96, 506, 609, 776,
1260-61, 76,

Colvin, 475.

Comly, 884.

Compton, 1003.

Combtock, 750. 1C64, 1 199.

Comyn, 253-54.

Cone, 130, 1232.

Conger, 993.

Conkling, 405.

Connell, 874, 78.

Connolly, 935-36, 59-60, 68, 1033.

Conrad, 300.

Constantine, 547.

Constine, 468, 1388.

Converse, 318, 20.

Conway, 796.

Conyngham, v, 3, 15, 24, 31, 38,
48, 72, 79, 100, 5-6, 21, 65, 203-
7. 55, 337-38, 66, g4, v, 866, g22,
1006, vii, ix, 1114-25, 65, 68, 82,
84-85, 88, 1212,31, 37-39,64,69,
1316, 29.

Cook, 355, 486, 756, 979, 1244.

Cooke, 1069.

Cool, 610.

Cooley, 25, go3.

Coons, 39, 468-7.0, 80, 1388.

Cooper, V, 333, 46-47, v, 7g2, 1029,
59. 76-78, 81, 83, 1196, 1312, 45-

^'^^■

Coover, 683-84.

Cope, 1115.

Corbin, 406.

Corcoran, 1278.

Corker, 444

Cornwallis, 171, 293, 1040, 45, 79,

"35-
Corsen, 1028.
Corss, 593-
Corwin, 885,
Coryell, 268, 1248.
Coston, 39, 978.
Cottrill, 1232.
Coughlin, 615-17, 86,
Coulter, 1155.
Courtright, 1368-70.
Covell, 657, 1216-18, 1315, 51,
Covenhoven, 1320-21.
Cowen 857.
Cowie, 736, 864,
Cowles, 117.
Cowley, 1201.
Cox, 350, 1158, 1336.
Coxe, 786, 1259.
Craig, 419, 564, 707,1295.
Craighead, 258, 264,
Cramer, 927,
Crane, 723, 904, 27, nog, 77, 84,

1321.
Crary, 845.
Craven, 1070."

Crawford, 264, 559, 798, 1065.
Creveling, 694-96, 714, 814-15,

1390.
Crisman, 844, 1311,
Crispin, 1327-28.
Crittenden, 1012.
Creigh, 25B.

Creswell, 268.
Crockett, 149.
Cromwell, 238, 380, 460, 662, 718,

1058, 87, 1113, 30, 1271.
Cronover, see Covenhoven.
Crook, 841.
Cross, 868.
Crosswell, 1144-45.
Crothers, 968.
Cruden, 967.
Cruger, 369-70.
Cruttenden, 757, 59.
Cuddy, 266.
Cullen, 1278.
Cullick, 661.
Cuningham, 203.
Cuningham, see Conyngham.
Cunynghame, 255,
Cunyngham, see Conyngham.
Cummins, 726.
Cuningame, 203.
Cuningame, see Conyngham,
Cunninghame, 866,
Cunninghame, see Conyngham.
Curran, mo, 1125.
Curry, 761.
Curtin, 74,99, 166, 319, 418, 897,

929, 1153, 57, 1210, 31,
Curtis, 354, 1183.
Cutter, 1 182, 94.
Cutting, 1068.

Dachs, 470.

Dagswortny, 1180.

Dain, 497.

Dale, 1372.

Dallas, 652.

Dalrymple, 400.

Dalton, gso.

Dana, 31-41, 6r, 64, 66, 79, 87
125, 36, 62, 206, 40-41, 44,47, 83
99, 312, 68, 469, 5og, 39, 844, 80
97, 933, 1037-38, 41, 1142-3, 94
1211, 2g, 33-35, 64-66,1313, 16;

22, 29, 81.

Dandelot, 174.

D'Arcy, 719.

Darley, 621.

Darling, 30, 38-39, 88-96, 100, 289,
350, 439, 55-56, 86, 90,500, 14,
52, 625, 9, 57, 66, 76, B7, 713, 21,
66,95,99,948,90-91, 1008, iiig,
80. 1316, 6^, 66, 79-80, 82-84, 88.

Darlington, 1168.

Darrah, 898.

Darte, 39, 130-32, 441-42, looi,
1232-33, 1324, 85, 89.

Davenport, 105-6, 84, 364, 544-45,
47,72, 697-98, 810, 1257, 1314. 89.

David, 252.

Davidson, 194, 262, 1291.

Davis, 15, 26, 48, 126, 256, 67,
349, 516, 41-42, 638, 857,928, 6j,
1012-13, 1178, 1372.

Daw, 1035-36.

Dawes, i^g.

Dawson, 833.

^ay, 585, 988, 1145.

Dayton, 134-35,938, 1199.

Deal, 1160.

Dean, 3g, 961-65, 871-72.

Dearborn, 1079.

DeBlacons, 173.

Deble, 413.

Deborgur, 803.

DeBreck, see Breck.

Decatur, 392, 895, 927.

Decker, 555, 927, 1324.

Index of Names.

1409

DeFerrars, 255.

DeForest, 10^-70.

DeHutter, 281.

Dejersey, 758.

DeKay, 791.

Deitrick, ix.

Delafield, 1066.

DeLamberton, 251-52,

Delaney, 823-24.

DeMontule, 173.

Denison, i, 3, 8-9, 21, 47-48, 53,
55-56, 59, 61, 119. 60, 65, 75,
8g, 208, 16-18, 28, 33, 83, 328-29,
31-32, 62-63, 87, 93-94, 461, iii, V,
509. 538, 99* 638, 40-42, 49, 745,
48, 834, 46-47, 1027, 39, 41, 43,
47,57,87-90, 1118-20,38,57,77,
91-94, 1219, 26,29. 40, 54-55, 77-
78, 85, 1303, 14, 56.

Dennis, 414, 772.

Denning, 895.

Denny, 258.

Depew, 813.

UePui, 46, 450, 62.

DeRencourt, 976.

Deringer, 1158.

Derr, 234, 458, 736-42, 921, 1316.

Derr, see Dorr.

DeRuyter, 279.

Deshong, 1358.

DeTrieux, 1070.

Dewees, 149.

DeWitt, 39, 201, 78-81, 371,. 433,
950.

D'Hinayossa, 1165.

Dick, 635, 37.

Dickensheid, 678-79.

Dickinson, 386, 908, 88-89, 'i^i.

Dicksey, 762.

Dickson, 39, 457-67, 542, 649, 51,
1007, 14-15, 1296, 1375, 33,. 87.

Dietnck viii, 1196, 1366-68.

Dietlerick, 949.

Dili, 572, 1196.

Dilley, 861-62.

Dimmick, 28, 580, 950, 70-76,
994.

Dimmock, 970-71.

Dimmuck, 971.

Dinshert, 458.

Dixon, 302, go, 1273,

Dixson, 542.

Doak, 13H.

Doane, 1195-96, 1391.

Dobb, 955.

Dodd, 168, 457,954.

Dodge, 474.

Dodson, 179-81, 643, 754, 1320.

Dolan, 553.

Dolph, 885.

Dom Pedro I, mi.

Donaldson, 338.

Donovan, 441.

Doolittle, 385, 1226.

Dorr, 458, 736-38, 1064-65.

Dorr, see Derr.

Dorrance, 25, 39, 87, 360-70, 87,
97. 413, 63, 39, 593, 652, 785,
1381.

Dorsey, 718-19.

Doubleday, 929.

Douglas, 830.

Douglass, 267, 430,

Dow, 734.

Downing, 351-55, 1387-

Doyle, 688.

Drake, 594, 6og, 772, 905, 1127,41-
42, 1216, 50.

Draper, 506, 1272.

Driesbach, 913.

Drinker, 526.

Drum, 354, 726-27.

Dubois, 379-80.

Dudley, 216, 18.

Duer, 894-95.

Duffield, 258.

Duffy, 558, 1388.

Dugan, 298.

Dull. 268.

Dumer, 763.

Dunbar, 743.

Duncan, 258-59, 64, 1092, 1118.

Dundaff, 1125,

Dunlap, 264, 903, 1354.

Dunlop, 1016.

Dunn, 610, 874.

Dunning, 671-75, 884.

Dupetit Thouars, 174.

DuPont, 89i-g4, 974-76.

Durand, 889.

Durbrow, 1298.

Durkee, 331, 53, 88, 432, 36, 64,

506,30,633,41, 1355.
Durkin,283, 441,
DuTrieux, 790.
Dutton, 246.
Dwight, 21-22, 368.
Dyer, i, 15, 33, 380, 1072-75, 1250-

51, 1351-

Eads, 1071.

Earl, 542.

Earle, 1164.

Easterline, 1015.

Easton, 377, 743.

Eaton, 184, 364, 598, 662, 750, 1083,

1131, 1370.
Ebaugh, 268.
Eberhard, 805.
Eberwein, 458.
Eckrote, 1322.
Edgar, 898.
Edinger, 944.
Edmunds, 318.
Edson, 1257.
Edward I, log, 251-54.
Edward III, 402, 1246.
Edward VI, 350.
Edward the Confes.sor, log, 87.
Edwards, 40, 219, 853, 933, 38-39,

1032, 62, 71, 1373, 89.
Egle, 170, ix, 1381.
Eggleston, 460.
Elder, 397, 600, 816.
Elderkin, 963.
Eldred, 393, 580.
Eldridge, 855, 1240, 1311.
Eliot, 322, 757, 1087.
Elizabeth (Queen), 188, 541,714,
Ellicott, 521.
Elliot, 519, 721-22, '898.
Ellis, 25, 205, 747, 902-03, 1118.
Ellsworth, 866.
Elsegood, 542.
Elwell, 4, 419, 1063, 1145.
Ely, 1141, 1216.
Emerson, 1238.
Emley, 25, 797, 1012.
Emmett, 1067, 1110.
Emmons, 868.
Endicott, 404.
Engle, 910, 1295.
Enno, 413.
Eno, 413.
Erath, 25,
Eshelman, 557.

Esler, 473.-

Espy, 39, 412, 31-38, 816, 44, 45,

916-17, 1079, 1354.
Essex, Earl of, 237.
Estabrook, 361.
Esther (Queen), 212, 640.
Evans, 64, 281, 309, 48-49, 571-72,

783, 88, 1059, 75, 1249, 1350; 86.
Everett, 165, 338, 591,
Everhart, 804-7.
Everhart, see Eberhart.
Ewer, 808.
Ewing, 95, 342, 4T2, 518, 718, 1280.

Faherty, 726.

Fahy, 574.

Fairbanks, 909.

Fairchild, 246, 1170.

Faragut, 193.

Faries, 1286.

Farnham, 26, 39,84-88, 122, 211,

^5t 365^ 417, 562, 70, 653, ,60,
^93. 807, 933, 1304, 71, 82-83.
Fayerweather, 762.
Fearne, 135, 1074.
Fein, 738-40.
Fell, 20, 158, 296, 344-49, 542,

68790, 825, 1061, 77, 94, 1143,

1258, 1351, 90.
Fellows, 175, 321, 711, 994, 1230.
Fenelon, 547,
Fenn, 246.

Fenstermacher . 729-30.
Fenwick, 66r, 875.
Ferguson, 160, 697.
Ferris, 40, 384-90, 414, 698, 807,

Fewsmith, 475.

Field, 1067.

Fillbrook, 1287.

Fillmore, 586.

Finch, 226, 42, 47, io8g, 1382.

Findlay, 295, 309, 93, 565, 602,21,

715, 870, 1050, 1151, 1309.
Finley, 256.
Fish, 362.

Fisher, 192-93, 675-76, 8ig, 1079.
Fisk, 361.
Fitch, 306, 521-22,913, 1041, nog,

1274.
Fitzgerald, 385, 600,
FitzHarding, 187.
Fitzjohn, 187.
Fitzpatrick, 830.
Fitzsimmons, 996.
Flagg, 398.
Flanagan, 1084, 1362.
Flanigan, 39.
Fleming, ig, iioi.
Fletcher, 1137.
Flett, 1282.
Flick, 692-94, 1088.
Flynt, 791.
Fogg, 396.
Foley, 550, g5o, 70.
Follett,963.
Foote, 750-51.

Forbes, 409, 1004, 1109, 73, 1271.
Ford, 366, 68, 413, 593,
Fordsman, 1041.
Forest (de) 1070.
Forester, 87^.
Forman, 1069.
Forney, 267, 683, 1146.
Forrett, 404.
Forsman, 343, 600.
Fort, 1327.

I4IO

Index of Names.

Foster, 26, 39, 78, 1S4-93,

268,

Gerpheide, 849.

Guion, 92.

364, 98, 535-36. 79» S07, 33, 37-

Gerry, 1146.

Gunn, 627.

40, 953. 1046. 1308, 1386.

Gettle, 543.

Gunster, 853, 900, 17-18, 39, 44,

Fotheringill, 1389.

Getz, 268.

65,95. 1033.

Foulke, 149.

Gibbon, 93.

Gunther, 221,

Fowler, 427, 771.

Gibbons, 573, 1389.

Gurdon, 890.

Fox. 140, 269, 391, iioo.

Gibson, 48, 264, 829, vii, 1077

,83,

Gurley, 972.

Franklin, 77,215-ao, 428,518

616,

pi-p5, 98, 1159, 1345-46.

Gustavus III, S92.

29, 40, 43, 702, 10, 821, 2<

,46,

Giddmgs, 190, 576-80, 874, 1324.

Gustin, 3089.

1041, 45, 59, 62-63, 1145,

1215,

Giering, ix,

GuthHe, 176, 623, 1022, 1314, 32,

1302, 38-39, 57.

Gilbert, iig, 180, 548, 789.

Frarice, 576.

Gilchrist, 406, 1301.

Frazer, 775, 1019, 1369.

Gildersleeve, 26, 721-24, 1226

Haddock, 1389.

Freas, 1262.

Gilligan, 1121.

Hadsell, 621.

Frederick Augustus, 1009.

Gillingham, 542.

Haff, 1380.

Freeze, 356, 803.

GiUis, 380.

Hagerty, 660.

French, 761.

Gilmore, 867, 1196, 1391,

Hahn, 25, 39, 162-64, 469-70, 1385.

Freneau, 1144.

Ginter, 1335, 40.

Haight, 334, 68-6g, 1184.

Fremont, 77, 1179.

Girard, 409, 1133.

Haines, 1142, 68, 1328.

Freskin, 203.

Glassell, 121B.

Hair, 1017.

Freyer, 149.

Gtoster, v.

Haite, 75.

Frisbie, 513, 849-51, 1143.

Glover, 884.

Haite, see Hoyt.

Fritz, 802-4.

Goble, 1284.

Hakes, 39, 71, 134-38, 51, 9^, 307.

Frost, 1027, 29.

Godfrey, 567, 707.

54, 56, 410, 13-M, 1198-1201,

Frothingham, 1027-30.

Godschalck, 142.

1385. 87.

Fry, 191.

GofF, 409.

Hale, 321, 68, 490, 1131, 53, 1217.

Frye, 894-95.

Goffe, 1 108.

Hales, 914.

Fulkerson, 686.

Goodenow, 415, 747.

Haley, 820.

Fuller, 5, 39, 56, 61, 71, 86

.98,

Goodrich, 123, 368, 1109,98, 1

238,

Hall, 120, 75, 399, 448, 585, 749, 61,

lar, 201, 25, 306, 56-57. 512

575-

83.

89, 1084-85, 1196.

603,24,37, 773.78, 882, 87-89,

Goodwin, 585, 624, 29, 7g6, re

65.

Halleck, 1328.

985, 1088, 1T30, 49, 1201

53.

Gordon vii, 1-2, 251-52, 66,

83.

Hallet, 306.

99, 1302, 34. 85.

543, 610, 703, 817, 1381.

Hallock, 1014, 1282.

Fullerton, 755.

Gore, S3, 216, 346, 435-37.629

.42,

Hals, 402-03.

Fulton, 91-92, 521-22, 967.

813,96, 1041-43, 47, 1302.

Halse, 403.

Funck, 142.

Gorges, 618-19.

Halsey, 402-12, 593, 709, 53-55,

Funk, 141, 45.

Gorham, 1088.

1388, 90.

Futhcy, 719.

Gorman, 39, 498-99.
Gorrell, 1323.
Gorton, 1028.

Hambleton, 1041.

Hamill, 23

Hamilton, 258, 61, 792, 895, 1016,

Gable, 345.

Goss, 6i6.

1167, 1280-81, 95-gb.

Gabriel, 1014,

Gotshalk, 148.

Hamlin, 187.

Gage, 916, 1044, 1135.

Gough, 1077.

Hammond, 645-48, 8it, 908, 71.

Gager, 978,

Gould, 1104.

Hampden, 1113.

Gaibraith, 264, 397, 1094-95,

Gouldsborough, 984.

Hampton, 1080.

Gale. 687.

Govett, 92.

Hancock, 397, 437, 59, 563-64. 66,

Gait, 518.

Gowen, 455.

791. 977, 1094, n6o, i277-7a.

Gallup, 174-75-

Graflf, 348-49, 937.

1 301.

Gamble, 19, 797.

Graham, 392, 94, 667, 847, looc

,61.

Hand, 38-39, 313-26, 514, 875-79.

Gamelson, 187.

Grandin, 1169.

906, 09, 18, 78,83,1031-33,1189-

Gannon, 1362.

Granger, 1343.

90, 1267, 1310, 23.

Gardiner, 875-76, 1186, 1254,

Grant, 195, 406, 413, 30, 38,

526-

Handley, 225, 883, 025, 68. 1032,

Gardiners, 621.

27. 733. ^010, 1177, 1241,

99.

1266-67,

Gardner, 55, 620, 28, 789, 919

,62,

1391.

Handy, 542.

1285, 1324. 28.

Grattan, iiio, 25.

Hanluan, 205.

Garfield, 87, 430, 654, 939,

Gray, 103, 689-90, 957.

Hanluan, see O'Hanlon.

Garman, 666-70.

Gray (Duke ot Sussex), 577.

Hannah, 39, goS, 31.

Garrahan, 1014.

Greeley, 430.

Hannura, 106

Garretson, 513.

Greely, 749, 1379.

Hanspach, 478.

Garrison, 30B, 724.

Green, 66, 121, 543, 97, 775,

872,

Hardee, 578.

Gartner, 997.

1294.

Harding, 26, 30, 50, 53, 70-74, 86,

Gates, 39, 44a, 48-49,-832,

943,

Greene,778, 8og, 948, 1044,1333

-38.

loi, 07,21, 97.210,83.93,358.371,

1034, 1387

Greenley, 475.

417. 536, 86, 610, 18-25,40,68-69,

Gay, 465, 889, gog, 1190.

Greeno, 960.

730,885,942,83-84,1041, 1158,

Gaylord,i86, 513,622, 779-81,

850,

Greenough, 398-401, 731.

1237, 64-68, 1382-83.

i3'5-

Gregg, 78, 1079.

Hardingson, 187.

Gearey, 6^1, 83, 717, 49.

Gregory, 827, 1107.
Gridley, 116.

Harkness, 262-65,

Gearhart, 39, 418, 922-23.

Harner, 768.

Geary, 71, 167, 354. 549, 733,

829,

Grier, 94-95, 258, 537,720-21, 1170,

Harper, 825, 915, 1235, 1329.

1195, 1241, 1313, 67.

1321.

Harring, 457,

Geek, 700, 04.

Grififin v, 31, 6t, 69, 121,

335.

Harrington, 26, 242, 441, 794, 853,

Geek, bee Keck.

V, vii, 1063-72, IIIO, 84, 130

74. 923. ^301.

Geddes, 280.

Grinnell, 794,

Griswold, 364, 430, 877, 1064.

Harris, 54-55, 9°, 199, 556, 640,

George, 610.

1085, 92, ii6o, 89, 1223.

George I, 1018, 94.

Gritman, 39, 848.

Harrison, 68, 76, 5J7, 1302,

George II, 744. ^33^-
George III, no, 1088.

Grow, 81, 509. 1178.

Hart, 794.

Growendyke, 192.

Harter, 730,

George (King), 597.

Grube, 548.

Hartley, 54.

Gerard, 1067-68.

Guadalupe, 1071.

Hartman, 1390.

Index of Names.

1411

Hartranft, 28, 66, 102, 67, 463,

844, 943, 1266.
Hartzeli, 600.
Harvey, viii, 26, 39, 433, 76,505-

16, 18, 850, 905, 17, IOI5, I2'<5,

1332, 88.
Hasbrouck, 279.
Haskell, 975.
Haslibacher, 144.
Hastings, 874.
Hatch, 623, 860.
Haughawout, 874, 1293.
Haven, 509, 825.
Haviland, 900.
Hawkcs, 1387.
Hawley, 117, 762, 940, go, 93-94.

1064, 1344.
Hawse, see Halsey.
Hawthorne, 404.
Hayden viii, 368, 413, sw.
Hayes, 48, 162, 413, 30, 63, 574-75,

ix, 1391.
Haykes, see Hakes.
Haynes, 55, 103, t6, 66r, 1230.
Hazard, 743-44» 837, 13^9.
Hazzard, 45.
Headley, 1070-74, 119^
Heartley, 1096.
H eaten, 804.
Heckel, 940. ^

Median, 725-29.
Heemstreet, 793.
Heermans, 321, 884-85, 965.
Heery, 924.
Keffron, 250.
Hegins, 1294.
Heh!, 375.
Heintzelman, 77.
Heister, 295.
Heitzman, 789.
Held, 1139.
Hemingway, 443. 559.
Henderson, 510, 756
Hendrick, 3, 761, 1329.
Hendricks, 144, 263, 76, 790.
Henriks, 149.
Henry, 455, 516-30, 1079, 1104,

1340-41.
Henry VI, 403, 577.
Henry VTI, 252.
Henry VIII, 403, 505,
Hensel 313,
Hepburn, 24, 829.
Herrick, 593, 96b.
Herring, 1233.
Hersh, 1261.
Hess, 160, 1230.
Hewett, 36S,.i255.
Hewitt, 73, 327, 30-31, 43.
Hewson, 1028.
Hibbard, 437, 664.
Hibbs, 25, 1377-78.
Hice, 815.
Hick, 795.

Hicks, 344, 548, 74, 1068, 1210.
Hickman, 459.
Hickok,9r3.
Hiester, 288.
Higbee, 318.
Higgins iii.
Higginson, 1044,
Hill. 35. 75-76, 291, 924, 97-1001,

1180, 83, 97, 1234.
Hillard, 25, 248, 798-801, 1366, 90.
Hillegas, 1340.
Hillhouse, 321,
Hillman, 693, 1004, 1259, 1332, 73-

75.
Hiadman,g3i.

Hinds, 1308-09

Hines, 610-15, 757. 1389.

Hinman, 491, 757, 1344.

Hitchcock, 20, 40, 188, 879-83,
1289.

Hoadley, 674.

Hoagland, 191-92.

Hobbs, 396.

Hobson, 578.

Hocksey, 963-64.

Hodgdon, 1016, 1221-23.

Hodge, 593, 1221-22.

Hodkinson, 1096.

Hoe.s, 278.

Hoffman, 1066-67, 1116.

Hoite, 75.

Hoite, see Hoyt.

Holben, 977,

Holberton, 761-62, 66.

Hold, 1217.

Holding, 515.

Holland, 1012,

HoUenback, 122, 71, 216, 18-19,
333. 437, 500. 93, 609, 64, 1042-
43, 46, 55, 77. 99, 1^27, 1202, 16,

„53. ^339. 44-45, 5i, 54-58, 80.

Holliday, 1208-09.

HoUingshead, 972.

HolUster, 59, 123, 1077.

Holmes, 792, 1240, 1301, 27.

Holton, 368.

Holyoke, 842.

Honeywell, 696.

Honor, 277, 695.

Hood, 998.

Hooker, 114, 17, 322, 85, 91, 859,
1002, 1313.

Hoover, 561, 1390.

Hopkins, 238, 70, 364, 86, 66r-6z,
94,505, 1003, 1321.

Hopkinson, 822.

Hopper, 454, 74.

Horn, 39, 708, 852-53, 944, 1319.

Hornbeck, 228.

Hornell, 683.

Horsely, 1390.

Horton, 9S5.

Hosmer, 364.

Hosie, 693. 953-58.

Hoskins, 889

Hotchkiss, 898-99.

Hotten, 576.

Hottenstein, 937.

Houghton, 334.

Houpt, 19, 414.

Houston, 1133.

Hovey, 378, 1034.

Howard, 841, 50, 902.

Howarth, 569.

Howe, 88, 93, 405, 520, 1214.

Howell, 673-74.

Hower, 863.

Howland, 385, 1004, 88.

Hoyt, 26-28, 30, 38, 40, 61, 74-84,
99, 101, 52, 97, 206, 49, 339, 61,
413, 30, 60, 65, 509, 39, 68, 607,
27-51. 750, 81, 85, 878, 934, 977,
1013-14, 34, 1213-14, 21, 64, 68,
134-1, 69, 73, 82.

Hubbard, 1195.

Hubbell, 623.

Hudson, 678.

Huet, 771.

Hughes, 268, 569-71. 616, 794,995-
96, vi,

Hulings, irgi.

Hull, 923, 78.

Hummell, 684.

Humphrey, 585, 850, 986.

Humphries, 67.
Hunlock, a6, 39, 301-08,1386.
Hunt, 235, 368, 663, 1258, 88.
Hunter, 94, 555, 1363.
Huntington, 297, 861, 1064, 1108-

09, 31, 42. 1247, 1308.
Huntting, 1186.
Hurd, 23.
Hurlburt, 853.
Hurlbut, 132,292, 304,614, 28-29,

1041, 56, 1245, 1314.
Hurlbutt, 849.
Hurley, 105,949.
Huston, 22, 259, 63, 489, 551-52.
Hutchins, mo.
Hutchinson, 542, 657, 743, 808,

9+2-.
Hutchison, 268.
Hutton, 893.
Hyatt, 75, 828
Hyde, 208, 1064, iicg.

Ingersoll, 79, no, 212, 1114, 64.

Ingham, 434, 83-86, 1257, 1300.

Inghram, 732-33.

Inman, 432, 539.

Innes, 1175.

Ireland, 1029.

Irenaeus, 314.

(rvin, 301. »

Irvine, 264, 1173.

Irving, 350, 924.

Israeli, 891.

Jackson,36,3g, 300,486, 538-40, 49,
644, 89, 841, 67, 86, 936, 61, 8j,
1075. H50, 89, 95-97. 1238, 46,
73. 75,95,98. 1367,88,91.

Jacob, 858.

Jacobs, 55, 58, 1383.

Jacoby, 807.

James, 192, 268, 995.

James I, go, 237, loio.

James II, 257, 1271.

Jnmes IV, 25*.

Jameson, 301-07, 507,836,45,1273

Janes, 772.

Jarrett, 149.

Jasper, 1328.

Jay. 437, 986.

Jeffers, 906.

Jefferson, 258, 408, 664, 781, 823,
998, 1046,99, 1 189, 122 1, 1343.

Jenkins viii, 52-58, ig3,2i2, 16,18,
68, 595,602,21, 75^.845,063,79,
83, ix, 1040-41, 1381-82.

Jenks, S4t-43.

Jennings, 631, 33.

Jennison, 65.

Jeremy, 1389.

Jervis, 1024-25.

Jessup, 393, 674, 877-79, 82, 907,
83, vii, 1102, 22, 85-90, 1270,
1310,23.

Jewetr, 288, 339, 427, 842, 1064,
nil, i2ig.

John, 187.

John the Baptist, igo.

John, King, 285, 1528.

John of Leyden, i3g.

Johns, 8g8.

Johnson, viii, 24-25, 5g, 126, 87-
gi, 272, 74, 300, 34, 44, 80-81,
468, 567,7g, 607,81,83,763, 75-77,
824, 30,976, ioi2,ix, 14, 8g,g3, 1119,
40-41, 65-67, 1204, 41, 1301, 29.

Johnston, 188.

I4I2

Index of Names.

Jones 39, 66, 249, 308-10, 400, v,
51L, 608, 64, 706-09, 56, 803, 15,
26-2C), 66, 77, 90, 928-29, 48,
88,viii, 1130-34, 37, 42, 69, 74-75,
98, 1223, 40, 1312, 54, 70-73.

Jordan, 835, 1312.

Joseph, 892.

Judd, 509, 657, 1041.

Junltin, 77,

Justice, 542.

Juiau, goo.

Kahler, 949.

Kaine, 268.

Kalbfus, J319.

Kantner, 814,

Karl IV, 805.

Karsdorp, 148.

Kassel, 142.

Kauffman, 680-86, 1390.

Kay, 473.

K.ayingwaurto, 608.

Kearns, 167.

Keck, 700-09, 1390.

Keeler, 482.

Keenan, 1160.

Keene, 1223.

Keep, 243.

Keim, 19.

Keiser, 716. ,

Keith, 457.

Keller, 684.

Kelley, 498, 650.

Kellog, 757, 1368.

Kellogg, 623, I2II.

Kelly, 250, 650.

Kemmerer, 874.

Kemper, 1146.

Kendall, 247, 455.

Kennady, 722.

Kennedy, 542, 1226-27, 1369.

Kent, 459, 1068.

Kenyon, 1373.

Kenzie, 961.

Kerns, 237.

Keokuk, 1105.

Kesler, 220.

Ketcham, 26, 30, 64,85,135,229,70,

V, 509, 67, 919, vii, 1157, 1240-

42, 85, 97-98.
Keyder, 149.
Keyes, 1176.
Keys, 963-64.
Keyser, 144, 854.
Kidder, v, 33, 39, 51, 60, 71, 525,

240-45, 397, V, 5=ig, 1121, 75-77,

98, 1204, 20, 83, 1312-13, 30,
Kilgore, 199.
Killbuck, 523.
Kilpatrick, 234, 378.
Kimberlin, 667.
Kimble, 452, 955, 1147.
King, 23, 706, 09, 920, 1096, 1275,

99-
Kingman, vii, 558, 6C9, 24, 766,

1365-66.
Kingsbury, 26, 317, 91, 881-82,

1289, 91,
Kingsley, 340-42, 1042-43, 48-49.
Kinney, 227, 475, 613, 1055-56,

1107, 1314.
Kinsey, 179, 795, 980-81.
Kipp, 923,
Kirby, 608.
Kirk, 344, 688, 1294.
Kirkbride, 542.,
Kirkendall, 25, 513.
Kirkpatrick, 816, 1170, 75.

KirkofF, 574.

Kirtland, 877, 1036.

Kishbauch, 949,

Kisner, 38, 96, 310-J3, 549.

Klader, 181.

Klein, 549.

Kline, 39, 349-51, 74, 788, g6i.

Klintob, 961.

Klotz, 547-48.

Knapp, 39, 594, 873, 912, 67-69,

138^
Knauss, 560.
Knorr, 419.
Knowles, 12 to.
Knox, 253, 750, 997.
Kobar, 683.
Koch, 1336.
Koester, 749.
Kolb, 138-49.
Kolb, see Kulp
Koon, 39, 58-59, 11B3.
Koons, 354, 560, 1171, 83,1229-30,

1302.

KotZ, TOI^.

Kramer, 1249,

Krouse, 547.

Kuhn, 58.

Kulp, 25, 38; 79, 105-06, 38-59,

76-78, 458, 626, 767, 853, 961,

1325, 83, 85.
Kunkle, 439.
Kuster, 144.
Kyle, 1095.

La Barre, 686.
Ladd, 665, 969
Lafayette, 171, 367, 708, 879, 1010,

1 138.
Lake, 175.
Lamb, 40, 448, 960-61, 87, loSi,

1228.
Lamberton, 25, 27-28, 251-82, 920.

1386.
Lambyrton, 252.
Lameroux, 545,
Lamertine, 718.
Landis, 144,

Landmesser, 39, 475-76,798, 1388.
Landon, 270, 1041-42.
Lane, 508-09, 1245, 1315.
Lanehart, 729.
Langtord, 611.
Laning, 20, 366, 1096, 1358.
Lape, 136.
La Perouse, 174.
La Porte, 170, 73, 503.
Larned, 808-T4, 1391.
Larrabee, 849.
Larrish, 712.
Lathrop, 39, 246, 562, B41, 48, 57-

62, 66, 68, 969, 96, 97, 1109, 69,
77>i369-
Lathrope, 26, 39, 58, 496, 901-02,

07, 50, 1007, 1169,
Latimer, 843.
Laud, 285, 778, 858.
Lauderbach, 685.
Lavoisier, 974.
Law, 26, 622.
Lawrence, 576, 686.
Lawton, 744.
Lazarus, 494, 609.
Lea, 129.

Leach, 429, 53, 994-95,
Learning, 1052.
Lear, 1324.
Learned, 808-11.
Learned, see Larned. I

Leavens, 811-12.

Leavenworth, 60, 13x1.

LeClerc, 1182, 94.

Ledlie, 1128.

Ledyard, 1244.

Lee, irg, 166,272,428, 461-62, 511,

649, 74, 844,63, 1004-07,64,79-80,

1208, 25-26, 1315, 51.
Leete, 1108
Leffingwell, 1109.
Lehr, 865.
Lejdig, 944.
Leidy, 806, 922.
Leigh ton, 440.

Leisenring, 839, 945-47. i293-
Lemon, 269.
Lenahan, 131, 283, 440-42,557-59,

^ 774. 1385, 87-89-

Lengwicke, 1068.

Lenhart, 905.

Leonard, 243, 405-6, 1301.

Leopold, 892.

Lcscher, 319.

Leslie, 429, 908, 31.

LeTeilier, 547.

Levan, 410, 705-6.

Lewis, 25-jj6, 39,43, 119, 60-61,

63, 246, 67-68, 371, 418, 39, 82-
' 86, 535, 65, 85, 703, 10, 45, 72,

96, 8i7^2fr 97, II59, 1235, 45,

60-61:, 1306, 23.
Lievens, 793.
Liggett, 44, 1007.
Lightfoot, 519.
Lincoln, 7, 9, 43, 48, 267-68, 469,

681, 83, 907, 1045, 1109, 79, 8g,

1241, 74.
Linderman, 1008-13.
Lindner, 550.
Lindsley, 366-67, 593.
Line, 977.
Lines, 868.

Linn, 308, 572, 1153, 1283.
Lippincott, 309, 455, 825, 1329.
Little, 422, 98, 750-52,851,908,15,

28, 38, 69, 1002, iigi, 1220.
Livey, 885.
Livingston, 1067.
Llewellyn, 554.
Lloyd, 149, 372.
Lock, 600
Locke, 37, mo.
Lockhart, 1012.
Lockwood, 812.
Loftus, 447, 994.
Logan, 256, 372, 409, 942, 68-69.
Long, 25, 210, 468-69, 684, 1388.
Longfellow, 528.
Longley, 119.

Longsireet, 36, 690, 873, 1284-85.
Longstreth, 548, 586.
Lonsdale, 129, 1392.
Loomis, 26, 39, 413, 674, 771-73,

906-8, 31, 1 141.
Loop, 292-98.
Lord, 116-17, 334. 61, 546, 907,

1036, 64.
Lorah, 1385.
Loring, 969.
Lossee, 411.
Lossing, 792.

Lothropp, 778, 857, 59-60, 902.
Loihropp.see Lathrop, Lathrope.
Louis XIV, 545-46.
Louis XVI, 172, 893, 1358.
Louis Phillippe, 173, 1358.
Lovat (Lord), 775.
Love, 1182, 1376.
Lovcland, 26, 39, 61-62, 84, 1198.

Index of Names.

1413

Lovell, 987.

8^2-33, 36, 39> 902, 1017,

1168-

McVannon, 667.

Lowenstein, 1315.

69, 1279-80.

McVeagh, 460.

Lowrie, 459, 720, 11 59.

May, 1002.

McVeigh, 1375.

Lowry, 270, 74, 905.

Mayer, 1170.

Meade, 272

Lucas, 756.

Maynard, 268,. 415.

Mecklam, 941.

Lueder, 862.

Mayo, 1143.

Meek, 836, 967.

Lukens, 519.

McAlarney, 533-35, 696,

1388.

Meixell, 729-30, 1390.

Lukins, 637.

McAlister, 957,

Melick, 738-40, 914.

Lumbert, 971.

McAllister, 1153.

Mellows, 165.

Lunt, 380.

McAloon, 421.

Melshimer, 1352.

Lusk, 851, 937-38.

McAlpine, 776.

Menno, 139-40.

Luther, 139, looS.

McAtee, 677-79.

Merakal»85i.

Lyman, 317, 321-23, 57, 906,

iro,

McCall, 413, 511, 890.

Mercer, 129,

1218.

McCalmount, 269.

Mercur, 25, 960.

Lynch, 25, 282-85, 356i 44^

, 88,

McCanna, 625.

Meredith, 19, 400, 817, 36, 967,

553. 73. 610, 1013, 1386, 88

McCarrachen, 846.

1097-98, 1151, 58-59, 80.

Lynde, iii.

McCarragher, 51.

Merkel, 6B1.

Lynn, 299, 562, 1282.

McCartney, 39, 66, 73

4=7-31,

Merriam, 842.

Lyon, 258.

^539-40, 58, 855, 1227, 1387.

Merrifield, 853-56,83, 1032, 1286-87.

Lyson, 109.

McCarty, 543.

Merrimai), 25, 86, 230, 920, 70,

LytiCj 262, 64.

McClellan, 8, 274-75, 400

, 11

62.

1303-06.

McClintock, 3, 23-30, 38

, 40

,48,

Merryman, 126.

86, 100, 17, 29, 97, 247,

89,

367,

Merwyne, 641.

Macalester, it 60-61.

456,99-504.776,85,689

9»,

III9,

Messchert, 45S.

Macauley, 278, 444.

27, 41, 91, 1223, 35, 39

. 75

, 82,

Messemer, 1352.

Macbeth, 203.

97, 1312, 16, 54, 59, 71,

83.

Messenger, 165.

Macdonald, 90.

McCloskey, 904

Messinger, 584, 1390.

Macintosh, 1263.

McClure, 258, 70, 369, 608,

lOOI,

Metcalf, 165, 416, 1234-35.

Mack, 907, 1388.

1162-64.

Mettler, 923, 1312.

Mackenzie, 1067.

McCollum, ii8g.

Metzger, 517.

Maclay, 1085.

McComb, 1121.

Meylert, 1223, 88.

Macmanus, 1153.

McConneil, 268, 838.

Meylin, 144.

Maconaquah, 342.

McCoy, 471, 672, 981-82,

131

Michael, 537.

MacVeagh, 84, 685.

McCord, 1294.

Miiflin, 259-60, 345, 564, 1053,

Madill, 391.

McCormick, 553, 988.

55, 1174, 1337, 41-

Madison, 317, 1046,1092, tio_

.46,

McCranney, 407.

Miles, 152, 176-78, 451.

"75, 1343.

McCuUoch, 1222.

Miller, 26, 39, 100, 120-22, 44, ng,

Maffet, 294-95, 1259.

McCuUough, 947, 1351.
McDaniel, 548.

75, 211, 68, 308, 54, 417, 433, 49,

MafiFett, 66, 531, 1260.

54, 593-94.699.836,911,21,49-50,

Maffit, 789,1099.

McDivitt, 39,987-88.

62,1033-34, 1214-15,34, 1333-34-

Magee, S32-33. 817, 1388.

McDonald, 239, 421, 72,

1322

Mills, 451, 583-86, 624,905, 1391.

Maguire, 806.

McDormott, 910.

Miner, i, 26, 42-44, 52, 66, 157,

Mahon, 250-51, 853, 924, 59,

386.

McDowell, 46, 461-62, 649, 1215.

295, 306, 35, 40, 41, 86,464, 485,

Maintenon, (Madame dc), 547.

McEwen, 1291.

506, 30-31, 96, 601, 29, 49, 68,

Maiss, 479.

McFarland, 999-1001.

747, 833, 1007,48, 53, 56, iioi, 26,

Malcolm, 203.

McGahren, 444, 535-36, 624,

730-

38, 41, 60, 1216, 26, 46-59, 1260,

Mallalieu, 417.

McGavin,9e4.

75, 1343-44,47,92.

Mallery, v, i, 15, 48, 98, 337-38,

McGee, 568.

Minor, 1083, 88.

393-94, V, 824, 972, vii, 1083-86,

McGiiiness, 940.

Minturn, 794.

90, 96,99, 1111-12, 17-20, 37

. 42.

McGinty, 56S, 825.

Mitchell, 153, 268, 333, 554, 668,

49, Si, 1218-19, 6r, 75.

McGoldrick, 1174.

91, 741, 69, 897-98, 921, 9^9,

Maogan, 573,

McGovern, 773-74, 1390.

1013, 1296, 1372, 91.

Mann, 629, 711.

McGourty, 6gg.

Moeser, 449.

Manning, 635-36.

McGroarty, 25, 440.

Moeser, s«e Mosier,

Manviile, 1210.

McHugh, vi.

Moffit, 1041.

Mapledoram, 970.

Mclniire, 532.

Mohler, 683.

Marble, 429.

Mclntyre, 425.

Molick, 739-40.

Marcy, 320, 812, 1041, 1230, i

386.

Mcllvaiie, 23.

Molick, see Melick.

Margaret of Anjou, 403, 577.

McKarrachan, 641, 44, 8.

Molines, 305.

Marischal, 457.

McKarrican, 104/,

Momauguin, 185.

Markham, 1281.

McKean, 95, 208, 13, 6o,

82,

821,

Monaghan, 268, 515.

Markling, 458.

1060, 99, 1150, 72.

Monies, 1290.

Marr, II 18.

McKee, 457.

Monroe, 317, 714,

Marshall, 25, 643, 757.

McKeehan, 261.

Monson, 163.

Martin, 10, 16, 39, 542, 56-37,

642,

McKeehen, 257-58.

Montague{La), 1070.

823,913.

McKinley, 1322.

Montgomery, 204, 55,79,824,1382.

Marvin, 186, 493.

McKinney, 1074, 61, 1299.

Montooth, 1372.

Mary of Scotland, 194.

McKinstry, 811.

Montross, 538.

Mason, 662, 1088, 1217,

McKune, 941-43.

Moon, 1376.

Masterson, 535, 1389.

McLean, 39, 283, 98-30T,

56,

514,

Moore, 204, 40, 78, 617-18, 1175,

Mather, 149, 243.

39, 73,691,976. 1012, 1037

1300, 89.

Mathers, 626-27, 817, ^389-

McLellan, 697, 1162.

Mouland, 982.

Matter, 716.

McManus, 553-54-

Morville, 255.

Mattes, 527.

McMillan, 451.

Morey, 794,

Matthew, Father, 1378.

McMinn, 769.

Morey, see Mowry.

Matthews, 135, 970.

McMurtrie, 455.

Morgan, 234, 309, 818, 938, 1179.

Maus, 973.

McNeish, 699.

Morrill, 430, 683

Maverick, 1228.

McQuillan, 1322.

Morris, 171, 517, 42, 820, 65, 930,

Maxwell, 24, 26-28, 86, 134,

)04,

Mcbhane, 1081.

1102, 1249, 1358, 78-79.

I4I4

Index of Names.

Morrison, 576.

Morse, 25, 55 225, 45-47, 1386.

Morss, 1036-38.

Morton, 409, 859.

Moseley, 1041.

Mosier, 39, 449-52, 1307.

Moss, 245-46, 449.

Mosser, 449.

Mott, 385, 580, 1008, 38.

Mountjoy, 237.

Mower, 910.

Mo wry, 794.

Muhlenburg, 260, 1150, 1388.

Muirhead, 608.

Mulford, 314.

Mullens, 25.

Muller, 65.

Mulligan, 911, 1379.

MuUins, 305, 748, 1274.

Mumma, 681.

Munson, 163, 1217.

Murfee, 436, 812-13.

Murphy, 559^ 642, 728, 8i2-r3,

Murray, 87, 97, 204, 53, 54?, 722,

832-34* I054-56* 94-
Musser, 206.
Myer, 790, 1085.
Myers, 25, 181,629-31,36,39-40,

48-50, 726, 856-57, 935, 1057,

1136, 1221, 28-29, 1307, 23, 64-

65.
Mygett, 909.

Nagle, 1105.

Naglce, 77.

Napier, 769.

Napoleon, 173, 539, 893-94.

Nash, 149, 184-86, 364, 968.

Natt, 22.

Neal, 63.

Neilson, io6g.

Neisser, 1337.

Nelson, 318, 338, 85, 466, 509, 69,

715, 1207, 40.
Nesbit, 1043.

Nesbitt, 40, 205, 16, 18, 507-08, 72,
^934. 1042-43, 1338.
Neuleton, 657.
Neuer, 1391.
Neville, 1293.
Newberry, 368.
Newbold, 542,
Newbury, 583, 889, 1234,
Newman, 185.
Nichol, 866.
Nichols, 39, 24s, 437, 42-45, 92,

536, S9-6i, 6j.8, 734, 1007, 10,

1043-
Nicholson, 25, 56, 61, 63, 69, 71,

123-24, 65,71, 206, 33,99, 417, 539,

072. 85,901, 65, 1197-98, 1238,

S3-84, 1330, 40-
Niebel, 1227
Ninigrate, 662.
Nisbet, 457.
Niver, 926.
•Nixon, 243.
Noailles, (de), iji.
Noble^ 261, 384, 861, 1169, 77.
Norman, 721-22.
Norris, 94, 1173, 1286.
North, 268, 657,911.
Northam, 751.
Norton, 749, 874.
Nott, 15, 367.
Noyes, 61, 747.

Oakes, 960.

Oakley, 164.

O'Boyle, 659-60, 1390,

O'Brien, 1279.

O'Callaghan, 900.

O'Collins, 1 107.

O'Connor, 749,1334.

OfFa, 577.

O' Flaherty, 39, 969-70.

Ogden, 633-37, 962-63,. 1067.

O'Hanlan, 356.

O'Hanlon, 39, 204-05, 959, 1363.

Ojidirk, 340.

Oldage, 164.

Olin, 1241.

Oliver, 701, 920.

Olmstead, 1034.

O'Mara, 924.

O'Neill, 25, 225, 235-40, 440, 72,

996, 1386.
Opp,39, 422-23, 608.
Ord, 841.
Organ, 380.
Orr, 637, 976-77, 1015.
Orton, 15, 66, 98, 657, 1148-49,
Otto, 707, 1084.
Osborne, 38, 87, 164-69, 321, 413,

33, ."iSS, 785, 883, 906, 17, 25, 984,

1126, 99, 137Z, 86.
Osmond, 449.
Osterhout, 95, 222, 31, Kg4, 909,

50,83, 1006, 1313-19, 1360.
Oswald, 684, 1190.
Otis, 55,970-71-
Ousamequin, 352.
Overfield, 450-51.
Overton, 1095-96, iioz,
Owen, 1062, 1244,

Packer, 268, 400, 897-98, 935,997,
1013, 1140, 79, 1347, 74.

Pagan, 1003,

Pagan, see Paine.

Page, 320, 598.

Paine, 26, 39,207,26-27,96,339,461,
520-21,62, 1003-07, 1143-46, 1316,

33.92-
Painter, 39, 921, 1127.
Palgrave, 254.
Palmer, 26, 30, 38, 71, 79, 152.

194-203, 15, 354, 71, 444, 80, 512,

93' 699, 785, 1007,15,60-61,1113,

1286, 98, 1312, 86, 92.
Pannebecker, 767.
Pannebccker, see Pennypacker.
Pardee, 310-11, 1258.
Park, 720.

Parke, 95, 531, 719-35, 63, 1139-40.
Parker, 119, 364, 425, gi6, 1033,

1176-82.
Parks, 435, 1041.
Parrish, 26, 593-95, 602, 1 125,1301 .
Parsons, 32, 115, 243-44, 446, 90,

513, 39, 52. 67, 609, 788, 92, 82^,

29-31, 1015.
Partridge, 1180,
Pastorius, 372,
Patrick, 39, 68-69, 71, 210, 417,

538, 856, 996-97.
Patten, 268,
Patterson, 165,290, 307, 562, 633,

715,889,087, 1391.
Pattison, 468, 980, 1381.
Patton, 730-35.
Paul, 1281.
Paulding, 265,
Pauling, 596.
Pawlings, 1143.

Payen, 1003.
Payen, see Paine,
Payn, 1003.
Payn, see Paine.

Payne, 11, 26, 30, 38, loi, 226-33,
475, 547, 67, 674,728, 748, 802,
14, 930, 1003-07, 1143,86, 1316.
Payne, see Paine,
Payson, 88, 882.
Peabody, 297.
Peale, 1105.

Pearce, 436, 587, 847, 1245, 71-74.
Peart, 180.
Pease, 1176.

Peck, 76, 208, II, 46, 444, 495, 638,
50,67, 755, 75, 879, 966-67, 94,
1063, 1196, 1244-45, 51, 1390.
Peckham, 852, 948, 1209-10.
Peeler, 1257.
Peironnet, 350.
Pell, 903.

Pendleton, 8, 746-48, 50,
Penn, 2, 91, 189, 344, 554, 701, 6,

835, 989, 1166, 1281, 1327-28.
Pennington, 1078.
Penny, 270, 73,
Pennypacker, 147, 372, 767.
Pepperili, 1133.
Pepys, 1020.

Perkins, 295, 334, 530-31, 849,
„mo, 33.
Perry, mo.
Perse, 610.

Peter the Great, 1332-33.
Peter the Hermit, 194.
Petermaii, 1142.
Peters, 41, 205, 613, 1008.
Peterson, 700,
Petit, 1169.
Petriken, 268,
Pettebone, 20, 460-65,617, 49,871,

"38-39, 1381-
Petty, 626, 1180.
Pfouts, 25, 1320-22.
Phelps, 50, 290, 598, 757, 59, 99,

800, 1204, 07-08.
Philbin,25, 959, 1362-63.
Phillip (ICingj, 175,227,353,1176,
^1.344-

Philips, 123, 1042.
PhilHps, 290, 7t6, 24,92, 899, 914,

1173.
Phinney, 594, 848.
Phoenix, 1002,
Piatt, 670, 726, 1220.
Pickens, 880.
Pickering, 215,19,93,96, 1042-46,

53-55, 1223, 1356, 69.
Picket, 950.
Pier, 538.

Pierce, 228, 337, 495, 606-07, 21.
23, -7. 41-42, 44, 46, 957, 1040-
41, 84, 1349, 70.
Pierrepont, iioS, 10.
Pierson, 55, 168, 542,
Piggins, 8i2.
Pike, vii; 25, 39, 652, 1278-79,

1329.
Pilmore, 716.
Pinney, 978.
PioUet, 268, 539.
Piper, 107, 816.
Pitcher, 965-67.
Pittinger, 514.
Piatt, 315, 1202-08,
Playtord, 29.
Plaza {de la), 1071.
Pleasants, 412,
Plolz, 25,242,547-48.

Index of Names.

Plowman, 867.

Plum, 657.

Plumb, 132-34, 225, 323, 603-06, 28,

1389.
Plunkett, 205, 304, 639, 1125, 1215.
Poland, 318.
Polk, 5, 59,99, 306, 716, ^86,1154-

55> 1275-76, 94, 1329- '
Pollock, 19,' 354, 998, 1212,
Polly, 1215.
Pope, HOC.
Popham, 109.
Porter, 23-24, 191, 210, 490, 584,

718, 63, 825, 91, 986, 1004-15, 33,

99, 1151, 53, 64, 1224, IZ31, 58.
Post, 39, 324, 909, 15, 38, 776,938,

78, 1031-32, 1189, 1231, 1308-10.

23-

Posthelwait, 259.

Potosky, 174.

Potter, 290, 442, 582, 763, 1128,

1377-
Powell, 38, 371-84, 802, 1086, 1385.
Power, 923.

Pratt, 493-94, 840, 1293.
Prentice, 2B7, 843, 1063.
Prentl"!, 743.
Pressler, 1390.

Price, 39, 651-52, 799, 951-59, 1284.
Priddy, 677.
Priestley 1077.
Prince, 1143.
Pringle, 508
Prior, 1000.
Pritchett, 374.
Proctor, 76.
' Proud, 818.
Prudden, 364.
Pruner, 32, 1235.
Pryor 1374.
Pursel, 25, 872.
Pursell, 874.
Purviance, 19, 266.
Pusey, 372, 889.
Puterbaugh, 25, 283.
Putnam, 415, 1181.
Pynchon, 763-64.
Pyne, 1000.

Quackenbos, 793.
Quarterman, 721.
Quay, 1372.
Quick, 1322,
Quincy, 791.
Quinn, 64.

Raeder, 25, 788-98, ix.

Rafferiy, 905.

Rahn, 170.

Rahn, see Rhone.

Ramsay, 95.

Ramsey, 542.

Ranck, 39, 418, 913-14,39-40.

Rand, 1028.

Randall, 25, 176, 268, 421, 681, 744-

45, 885, 99, 1148, 83, 93, 1234-38.
Randolph, 408, 542, 1045, 1217 .
Rank, 39, 939-43.
Rank, see Ranck.
Rankin, 25, 1183, 1263-64
Ransom, 331, 62, 85-89, 385, 432,

520-30, 79, 641, 98, 958, I jH,
Rathbone, 506.
Rawle, 1092, 1132,
Kay, 774.

Raymond, 164, 416, 990.
Read, 19, 95, 1097, 1186.

Reagan, 24, 421.

Redfield, 758.

Red Jacket, 1105.

Reed, 820, 38, 911, 36, 1138, 1214,

82, 1312.
Rees, 520.
Reese, 716.

Reeve, 930, 1053-54, 65.
Reeves, 1104.
Regan, 35, 179, 904, 11.
Reichard, 25, 469-70, 789, 874,

1299-1301. .
Reichel, 706.
Reigart, 458.
Reilly, 574.
Reiner, 149.
Rencouri (de), 976.
Reynolds, viii, 25, 34, 39, 210, 91,

365,67,495-98, 544, 717-18, 77-

87, 99, 960, ix, 1197, 1285, 1315-

16.
Rhodes, 835-36, 903, 1186.
Rhoads, 144, 519, 835.
Rhone, 79, 152, 65, 70-83, 356,

441,72,88,643,94,96, 714, 897,

^10, 81, 84-85, 1268, 1383, 86.
Rice, 38, 50, 87, 96, 135, 79, 228,

244, 83, 99, 312, 53- 59, 410, 13.

17, 44, 514, 31, 92, 603, 25, 920,

59, 1002, 1168, 99, 1267-68, 1383,

87,89.
Richards, 100, 102-03, ^14-^9, 309,

338, 570, 608, 743, 938, 87, 1007,

1298, 1301.
Richardson, 316-25, 542, 89, 656,

749-50-
Richmond, 297.
Richter, 740.
Ricketts, 72-73,101, 5-8, 22, 225-26,

31, 42, 47, 616, 70, 773^ 83, 816-17

p65, 1037, 94, 1382, 84.
Rickey, 914.
Rider, 668.
Ridgway, 1177.
Riggs, 723, 1228.
Rinas, 544.
Ringler, 419.
Ritner, 244, 376, 93, 6oz, 1092,

1112, 50, 65.
Rittenhouse, 518-zo, 22, 1173.
Robb, 936, 1142, 1224.
Robbins, 75, 97, 414, 542, 601.
Robert (King), 253.
Robert, I, 252.
Roberts, 11, 268, 77, 300, 649, 799,

803, 1366.
Robertson, 159, 451.
Robeson, 829, 1281.
Robespierre, 893.
Robins, 598.
Robinson, 13, 39, 43, 185, 335, 68,

446-47, 4B4, 671, 735, 900-01,

1184, 1294-95, 1347.
Rochefoucauld, 173.
Rockafellow, 95.
Rockefeller, 400, looi, 1312.
Rockhill, 1281.
Rockwood, 709,
Rodgers, 656.
Roddy, 268.
Roe, 966. _
Roeser, 516.

Rogers, 55, 770,900, 1042, 1278,
Rohn, 1261.
RoUin, 518.
Ronaldson, 1346.
Rooper, 1051.
Roosevelt, 1068.
Roper, 1051 .

Rose, 439, 593, 920, 94, 1351

Ross, 20, 216, 93-96, 437, '
563-64, 680, 782, 819-21, 5:
67,915,35,76.1118, 43,97,
50, 80,, 1302, 74.

Rossiter, 747.

Rothermel,-565.

Rothrock, 426.

Rouderbush, 807.

Roumfort, 268,

Rounds, 1209.

Rowe, 1131. J

Rowland, 55.

Roworth, 78.

Royal, 307.

Royce, 382, 920-21, 53, 86^'

Royce, see Rice.

Rua (de la), 1126.

Rufus, (William), 402.

Ruggles, 133, 604-05.

Rupp, 681, 692.

Rush, 703, 89,820,1058-60,78

Ruisel, 286, 409, 718.

Russell, 690, 850, 923.

Rust, 789.

Ruth, 1324.

Ruthven, 1022.

Rutledge, 904.

Rutter, 96, 772, 1353-54, So.

Ryman, 39, 438-39, 86, 696.

Ryndertz, 140.

Ryswick, 862.

Sackett, 623.
Saddler, 718.
Sahm, 424-26.
Salisbury, 1189,
Saltonstall, 103, 16, 809, 75,
Sanderson, 39, 268, 878, 94

36, 1288-92.
Sands, 1068.
Santee, 610, 1257.
Satterlee, 216, 18.
Savage, 576, 86g.
Sawyer, 427.
Say, 13S2-
Saye, 660.
Saylor, 467.
Sayre, 982-83, i'i84.
Scanlan, 440.
Scales, 1177.
Schattenger, 159.
Schemmelfinnig, 78.
Schenck, 941.
SchoepflF, 521.
Schoheld, 841.
School ey, 697,
Schrader, 1300.
Schrage, 206.
Schropp, 523, 1270.
Schultze, 1387-88.
Schumacher, 138, 767,
Schuyler, 423, 790,92-93.
Schwartz, 156, 937.
Scofield, 635, 40.
Scott, 33, 182, 221, 242, 39

446,60, 550, 77, 771, 107

1101-02, 18, 60, 77, 85, f

1213, 75, 83, 1380.
Scouton, 735-36.
Scranton, 21, 167, 526-28^ 85.

35-36, 62, 1026, 1237, 8c

1372, 86.
Scudder, 891.
Scull, 45.
Seaborn, 1186.
Sealy, 131.
Seamans, 250.

I4I6

Index of Names.

Searle, 429, 950, 1216, 54-57, 1302,
69,

Sears, 383,

Secord, 598, 601.

Secoy, see Secord.

Seddon, 1334.

Sedgwick, 428.

Seetey, 616, 985-86.

Seely, 662, 71.

Seelye, 732.

Seilheimer, 789,

Seldon, 506.

Sele, 660.

Selleck, 676.

Sellers, 19, 149-50, 519, 1151.

Selwyn, 429.

Sergeant, 820, 1092, 1151.

Sevigne (Madame de), 547.

Seward, 616, 1199.

Sewell, 791.

Seybert, 310-11, 851, 1286.

Seymour, 275, 1148.

Seys, 1258.

Seyster, 557.

Shafer, 696, 910, 1288.

Shaffer, 696-97.

Shaftesbury, 89,

Shakespeare, 195.

Shankle, 686.

Shannon, 268, 996.

Sharp, 833.

Sharpe, 839.

Sharpensteins, 1139.

Sharps, 1139.

Sharswood, 1122, 34, 57,

Shaver, 696-98, 817, 1390.

Shaver, see Shaffer.

Shay, 371.

Sheather, 877.

Shee, loio

Sheffield, 339.

Sheldon, 323.

Shelly, 677-79.

Shennan, 509,

Shepherd, 1029, 1292,

Sheridan, 458.

Sherman, 76, 234, 412, 831,49, 901,
40, 1041, 50, 1293,

Sherrerd, 224, 880, 909-10, 1279-81.

Sherwood, 762.

Shindel, 946-47.

Shipman, 498.

Shoemaker, 26, 38-39, 45-50, 100-
01, ir, 13, 28-30, 44, 202, 33-
35, 249-50, 391.462,75, 512, 638,
40, 49, 782, 1037, iii, 57, 89, 1130,
42, 65, 1207, 27, 40, 59, 1372,
83, 91-92.

Shonk, 39, 541-48, 610, 98, 1388-89.

Shortz, 564-66, 760, g6i, 1387, 89.

Shreve, 904.

Shriner, 834.

Shugert, 1167,

Shultze, iz8, 1186.

Shulze, 295, 311, 53.

Shuman, 680.

Shunk, 51, 503, iioo, 54, 1231.

Shupp, 388,

Sibert, see Seybert.
Sickler, 1363,

Sickles, 35.

Sieger, 679.

Siegfried; 1249, 1364.

Siewers, 66, 838.

Sigourney, 11 10.
Silkman, 637, 1182-83, 1236, 63.
Sill, 47, 119, 638, 1088.
Silliman, 929, 1349-50, 92.
Sim, 1224.

Simcoe, 1045.

Simon, 517, 76.

Simons, 138,288.

Simpson, 51, 816, 1021, 1370.

Simrell, 39, 1324-25,

Sipman, 767.

Siroc, 473.

Sisson, 745, 965.

Sisty, 838.

Sitgreaves, 1051, 1130.

Sictser, 984.

Sively, 1321.

Skeel, 623.

Skiff, 484.

Skiles, 770,

Skinner, 14, 988.

Slade, X084.

Slauson, 622.

Slawson, .■iee Slosson.

Sleight, 280.

Slocom, 339. • ,

Slocombe, 339.

Slocum, 59, 216, 21,97, 338-44, 50-
52, 462, 649, 844, 964, 1048-49,
11S2, 94, 1206, 61, 77, 1381.

Slosson, 74, 622-24.

Sluman, 53, 595, 1040-41.

Sly, 1225.

Small, 614.
Smailwood, 383. '
Smiles, 617.

Smith, 25-26, 89-^5, 133, 169,
208, n, 13, 19-22, 231, 417, 453,
515. 56, 59. 67, 74, 78, 95-96,
602, 23, 711, 21, 43, 50-51, 61,
63, 783-84, 95, 812, 17-18, 36, 49,
62, 69-72, 909, 24-25, 41, 72, 74,
1040-43, 47, 54, 59-60, 65, mo,
60, 90, 1215, 77, 1303, 11-12, 14-
15, 46, 49, 69, 82, 89.
Smythe, 153,
Snare, 149.
Snow, 1003.
Snowden, 222.

Snyder, 138, 208, 95, 392, 542, 663,
727, 926-27, 1083, 92, 99, 1150,
1387.
Socrates, 518,
SoUer, 149, 458.
Seller, see Sellers.
Spalding, 54, 132, 218, 293, 388,

846, 1055-56, 1291, 1356.
Spangenberg, 373, 1336.
Sparhawk, 1133.
Spaulding, 331, 37, 640-41, 44,

Z042.
Speakman, 1221.
Spencer, 1067.
Spinner, 749.
Spofford, 133.
Spoonly, 796.
Spottswood, 1334.
Sprague, 220, 1043, 64,.
Spratt, 911-12.
Sprigg, 129.
S prowl, 409.
Squier, 948, 1195.
Stacey, 718.
Stackhouse, 804.
St. Alban, 577.
Stalford, 1288.
Stamford, 306.

Standish, 305, 72, 1060, 87, 1281.
Stanford, 1274,
Stanislaus, 892.
Stanley, 915-16, 1218.
Stanton, 23, 48, 55, 105, 487, 613,

9^9, 53, 1266-67, ^370.
Staples, 498, 658-59, 1390,

Stark, 25, 39, i6g, 229, 389-90, 4S1,
552, 566-68, 781, 897, 1007, 1228-
29, 1306-07, 69.
Starr, 756-59, 611-13.
Statts, 790.
Staughton, 1065.
St. Clair, 362, 109 1.
St. Cuthbert, 251.
S teams ,vii, 50, 213, 8og, 923, 1297.
Steele, 25, 346, 85, 88, 923, 1310,

14.
Steere, 85,
Stein, 802.
Steinbach, 726.
Steinman, 993.
Stenger, 277,
Stephens, 371, 562, 744, 69-71, 958,

66.
Sternes, 809.
Sterling, loi, 295, 404, 50, 775,

1208-09.
Steuben, 54.

Stevens, 32, 174-75, 241-42, 338,
563, 607, 48, 80, 81, 83, 95-96,
1034, 1125, 51, 1313.
Stevenson, 747.

Stewart, 39, 56, 129, 205, 382, 430,
32,67, 629, 34, 39,41, 89,816, 36,
44-47, 970, ill., 1079,86-87, 1138,
1226, 73, 1306, 21-22, 54, 85.
Stickney, 45.
Stiles, 899, 961, 1196.
Stinson, 717.
Stirk, 557.
Stites, 528.
St. John, 64, 929.
Stocking, 114.
Stockton, 542.
Stoever, 458, 1387-88.
Stone, 22, 186, 286, 483, 539, 872,

962, 1052, 119S, 1220, 38.
Stoneman, 841.
Stoner, 415.
Storm, 49^, 1013.
Story, 542.
Stout, 1226-27, 1270.
Stoutenburgh, 929-30.
Stover, 149.
Stoweil, 1092.
St. Patrick, 237.
Strauss, 39, 476-82, 1388.
Straw, 727.
Strawn, 857.
Streater, 1139, 1351.
Streb'eigh, 1363-64.
Slreeper, 1296.
Streeter, 889, 1189, 1288.
Stroh, 626.
Strohm, 979.
Strong, 96, 117, 303, 67-69, 85, 413,

509, 1041, 84, mo, 57-58.
Strope, 391.
Stroud, 626, 1115, 1256.
Struthers, 1223-24,
St. Simon, Duke of, 545.
Stuart, 156, 258, 491, 634, 1343.
Stubbs, 772.

Sturdevantjvii, 14-23,39,48,61,210,

353, 466, 88-90, 551-53, 62-64,

817, 976, 95, ^151, 1187,1224, 1381.

Sturges, 39, 490-94, 558, 925-26, 87,

1292.
Sturgis, 490.
State, 252.

Stuyvcsant, 491-92, 792, 1165.
Styner, 1333-34.

Sullivan, 54, 180, 221, 333, 87, 644,
9^9,58, 77. 1079, 1173, 1287. 1291,
1300, 21.

Index of Names.

1417

Suily, 1105.
Sumner, 77.
Summerfield, 444.
Sussex, Duke of, 577.
Sutliff, 711-12,
Sutton, 208, 11-21, 1052,
Swab, g6i.
Swan, 298-99.
S warts, 148.
Swartwout, 280.
Sweatland, 1287.
Sweet, 446.
Sweets er, 165.
Sweitzer, 149.

Swetland, 15, 210, 462, 64-66, 616-
17,781,855,1007, 1151, 1286,1381,
Swilt, 672, 748.
Swineford, 998.
Swingiius, 139.
Swope, 982.
Swoyer, 1301.
Syester, 677.
Sylvester, 856.
Syphers, 848,

TaDor, 1071.

Taft, 725.

Taggart, 754.

Tainter, 395.

Talcot, 792.

Talleyrand, 173.

Tallman, 1263.

Talon, 171, 173.

Taney, 489,

Tarryhill, 76.

Tattamy, 707-08.

Taylor, 20, 25, 39, 126, 537, 54, 86-

87, 99, 772, 96—97, 818, 916,

1242-46, 74, 1376-77.
Teasdale, zo6.
Tejada (de), 1071.
Tecumseh, 76,
Teeple, 949.
Teller, 930.
Templen, 806.
Ten Broeck, 791.
Terry, 368, 597, 99, 841, 47, 62, 8i.
Terwilliger, 948,
Thamsin, 584.
Tharp, 592-93.
Thayer, 936.
Theodoius, 547.
Thomas, 55, 76, 234, 653, 835-36,

73» 1035, "74» 1226.
Thomassen, 1332.
Thompson, 318, 449-50, 658, 748,

1075, 1122, 61, 96, 1233.
Thomson, 95.
Thornton, 63, 193.
Thorn toun, 203,
Thorp, 280, 832, 949-50.
Thurston, 860,
Tiffany, 464.
Tilden, 275-76, 356, 959.
Tilghman, 823, 989, 1092.
Tillen, 515
Tobin, 904, lo-ii.
Todd, 23, 873-74, 1310-
Tolan, 1224.
Tolles, 835.
Tomlinson, 858.
Tone (Wolf), 457-
Torrey, 39, 583, 985-87.
Toty], 577- ,
Totyl, see Tuttle.
Toussaint, 64.
Tracey, nog.
Tracy, 1052, 1160, 1351,

Trautman, 473.

Trautman, see Troutman.

Travers, 946.

Treadway, 676, 1286.

Treat, 869

Treffeisen, 476.

Tremain, 323.

Trembath, 1376-77.

Trenchard, 1334.

Trescott, 174,710-11.

Trimble, 542, 10S2.

Tripp, 340-41, 637, 962-65, 1041,

"83.
Tritle, 425.
Trott, 66, 98, 1160.
Trout, 268.

Troutman, 473-74, 685-86.
Trowbridge, 163.
Troxell, 25.
Truair, 318, 20.
Truax, 790, 1070.
Truax, see DeTrieux.
Truckenmiller, ggS.
Trucks, 697.
Trumbull, 287, 322, 436, 1041,

1184.
Trunkey, 200, 77, 878.
Tryp, 963.
Tryp, see Tripp.
Tubbs, 419, 694, 778.
Tuft, 409, 655-56.
Tupper, 969.
Turck, 1244.
Turgot, 893.
Turner, 31, 115, 206, 762.
Turney,9go,
Turrell, 482, 1288.
Tuthill, 799.
Tuttle, 461-62 577, 637, 976, 1183,

1203, 1217-18, 1314-15.
Twining, 542.
Tyler, 21, 68, 1090.
Tymperton, 700.
Tyng, 1116, 28, 76.

Ulf, 1C9.

Ulman, 39, 904.

Ulp, 676.

Ulsig or Ulsin, 577.

Umstat, 767-68.

Umstead, 767-69, 1034

Uncas, 662, nil.

Underwood, 916.

Unger, 939.

Upham, 792.

Upson, 648, 1228.

Urquhart, 513-14, 797, 1015-16,

1223, 40.
Uteloch, 547.
Utley, 388-89.

Vail, 411, 1387,

Vallandigham, 6-g.

Van Arnam, 836.

Van Bebber, 138.

Van Bergen, 1372, 86,

Van Braght, 141-42.

Van Buren, 1068, 1178, 1275.

Van Buskirk, 1389.

Van Camp, 554-55.

Van Campen, 20-21, 555.

Van de Meylyn, 584.

Vanderbelt, 935, 1323.

Vanderheyder, 793.

Van der Lipp, 598.

Vander.sloot, 898.

Van Dyck, 792.

Van Dyke, 868.

Vane, 576, 1113.

Van Fleet, 907, 19-20.

Van Horn, 648-49.

Van Home, 361.

Vanleer, 25 .

Van Loon, 697, 1014.

Vannan, 1386.

Vannetta, 420.

Van Nort, 980.

Van Rensselaer, 369, 790.

Van Schaick, 793.

Van Schoick, 793.

Van Scoten, 813.

Van Scoten, see Benscoter.

Van Sintern, 141.

Van Valkenburg, 391.

Varner, 729.

Vaughan, 94, 518, 958.

Vaux, 268.

Vergennes (de), 893.

Vernet, 1352.

Vickery, 930,

Vidderow, see Wodrow.

Viele, 1068

Vinal, 665-66.

Vincent, 537, 1041 .

Vinney (de), 516.

Vinton, 1129.

Virtue, 795,

Voke,86i.

VonLinderman, 1009.

Voos (de), 141. ^

Waage, 678.

Wadhain.s, vii, 26, 50, 109, 14,

215, 565, 613, 755-67, 990, 1061,

1329,. 84,
Wadsworth, t66, 181, 66, 643.
Waelder, 469, 1227-28,
Wagner, 78.
Waite, 506, 15.
Wake, 830,
Wakefield, 890.
Wakely, 451.
Wakeman, 832.
Waldron, 1286.
Wales, 652, nag.
Walker, 211, 415-21, 552.
Wall, 2, 453, 1324,
Wallace, 29, 252-55, 70, 76, 78,

593, 770» 1138, i2Z3» 1367'
Wallaze, gSo.
Waller, 107, 11, 448, 756, 842-44,

i2ig-2o, 1391.
Waliey, 994.
Wain, 8ig.
Walsh, 1378, go.
Walter, 1363.
Walters, 910.
Waltman, 985.
Walton, 626,
Walworth, 86, 1109.
Wampole, 150.
Ward, 39, 151,451,852-53, 79,900,

i8-ig, 27, 44-45, 59, 1142, 87,

1306, 63, 76.
Warder, 395.
Warel (de), 796.
Warner, 1022.
Warren, 538, 810-11, 63, 915-16,

1234.
Washington, 54, 164, 205, 63, 304,

27, 408, 50, 520, 24, 67, 91, 600,

714, 22, 823, 24, 36, 73, 79, 958,

8g, 98, 1012, 44-46, gi, g7, 1105,

09, II, 35, 44, 7g, 1252, 79, 1320,

55.

I4i8

Index of Names

Waterbury, 622.

Watkins, 196

Watrous, 911-12.

Watson, 144, 398, 542,908, 1051,

Watt, 1076.

Watts, mo, 18.

Way, 1052, 1352.

Wayne, 260, 737, 1172.

Weatherly, 1195,

Weaver, 788, 1300, 7, go.

Webb, 7, 651-52, 841

Webster, 202, 383, 462.

Weeks, 561, 842,

Weill, 1250,

Weiser, 189.

Weiss, 658, 839, 1335-42.

Weitzel, 39, 864-66, ix.

Welch, 1139.

Weld, 757.

Welding, 344.

Welker, 998.

Weller, 621.

Welles, 103, ig, 205, 15, 334,500-03,

660-66, 908-10, 65, 95, 1043, 50j

61, 64, 84, 1117, 1355.
Welling, 728,
Welliver, go5.
Wells, I, 116-17,19, 3g4,978-7g,86,

1067, 1180-81, 90, 1250^ 96-97.
Welsh, 1013.
Welter, 686-87
Wenceslas, 805.
Wendell, 79o-g'4,
Wens, 144 45.
Wentz, 674.
Wertz, 166,

Wesley, 209, 374, 1137.
Wessels, 790.

West 205, 517-18, 882, 88, 1167.
Westcott, 713, 992,
Westerhouse, 662.
Westler, 239, 1391,
Weston, 6ig, 986.
Westwood, 672.
Wetherby, 948.
Wetherell, 268.
Weytzel, see Weitzel.
Whaling, 1209, 90.
Whalley, 1108.
Wharton, 829, 1093, 1115, 32,
Wheat, 916.
Wheaton, 654-58.
Wheeler, 765, 832, 89, 927, 1202.
Wheelock, 1109.
Wheelwright, 8og.
Whipple, 710, 812, gi5.
White, 66, 273, 404, 54, 518, 666,

73-74. 738, 71, 837, S3, 1000, 28,

46, 1115, 1246.
Whitefield, 374.
Whitemore, 656, 62.
White Eyes, 523,
Whitlock, 1176, 1363.
Whitney, 368, 538-39, 1142
Whiton, 32, 241, 44.
Whittemore, 1028.
Whittlesey, 508, 44, 72, 623, 1041.

Whittlesly, 387.

Widderow, see Wodrow.

Wier, 423, 542, 1389.

Wigfall, 1133.

Wiggins, 541.

Wilcox, 742-53, 880, 1390,

Wilder, 242, 416.

Wildman, 541.

Wilem, 820.

Wilkins, 808.

Wilkinson, 722.

Willard, 39, 242, 382, 862-63, 89,

04, g2o-2i, 83, 86, g5.
Willet, 279,
Willets, 815.
William and Mary, 701,
William the Conqueror, 187, 541.

719, 96.
William the Silent, 279.
William III., go, 1271.
Williams, 29, 156-59, 216, iS, 27,

68, 309, 451, 60, 564, 610, 53-54,

S9» 713, 43, 50. 72, 94, 840, 971,

95, iii., 1184, 1253. 1310, 6g.
Williamson, 25, 95, 1160, 1281.
Willing, 1102.
Willinson, 576.
Willis, 352.
Wiliiston, 882.
Wilmarth, 1322-23.
Wilmot, vii., 1177-80.
Wilson, 39, 262, 344, 46, 428, 45,

59j 533, 687, 739, 68-69, 76, 821,

31, 44-4S, 67-68,914-16,20, 48,

1078, 1105, 70-72, 95, 1242-45.
Wiswell, 306.
Winchell, 509.
Winchester, vii., 25, 27-28, 71, 77,

1220-21,
Windecker, 391.
Winslow, 380, 1085, iiio, 94,
Wintermoot, 328, 621.
Winters, 727.
Winthrop, 175, 316, 22,24,404, 5B3,

747,62, 78, 808-09, 990,1083,1116,

1392.
Winton, 26, 39, 291, 417, 883- 87,

1362,
Wires, 632.
Wirtz, X167-68.
Wirtz, see Wurtz.
Wise, 1390.
Wishart, 252-53,
Wisner, 385, 828.
Witherell, 809.
Withcrow, 720.
Witherow, see Wodrow.
Wodrow, 1016-23.
Wolcott, 1064.
Wolf, 5, 15, 128, 68a, 871, 949,

1084, 1120, 40, 49-50, 86, 1262.
Wolfe, 279, 734, 75, 1186.
Wolsey, 853.
Wood,66, 434-35, 37-38, 517, 733,

834, 917, 48.
Woodbndge, 55, 832, 1146.
Woodbury, 41, 1354, 74.

Woodhull, 36B.

Woodin, 1352.

Woodring, 727.

Wodrow, 730, 865, 1016.

Woodruff, 656-57, 1067.

Woodward, v, 15, ig, 24-25, 31
33, 38, 66, 71-74, 77, 8r, 86
97-104, 16, 18, 57, 62, 210, 24
31. 42, 71, 75-76, 89, 338, 97-
98, 400, 66, 68, 75, V, 565, 86
690-91, 711, 781, 830, 856^ 68-6g,
905, 22, 35, 42, 72, vii, 1042, 78,
1112, 20, 22, 46-64, 69, 78, 83, gi
1210-14, 34, 68, 1307, 22, 29, 84

. 1257-

oolsey CCardin :1), 194,

Woolson, 1051,

Wooster, 482, io6g.

Worden, g77,

Worrall, 475, 795-98.

Worrell, 795-g8.

Worthington, 833, 40

Wortman, 610-11, r3.

Wray, 258-59.

Wright, vii-viii, 2-14, 20, 25,
38-39. 43. 56, 59. 63. 69, 71'
^28, S3, 65, 78-79, 86, 230-31, 38,
42. 74, 3", 24, 35, 94, 441, 87-88
V, 509, 14, 44, 54-56, 68, 72, 87,
7^3, 31. 61, 87, 817, 24-26, 48, 55
73. 99, 901,16, 23, 35, 1014, 36,
vi, vii, 46, 1109, 17, 25-26, 41, 84,
go, 1216,41,47, 49-51, 5g, 1278
79. 94-95, 97, 1316, 25-62, 81.

Wurts, ii6g.

Wurtz, 1167-69, 1200.

Wyckoff, 1084.

Wyer, 459.

Wyllys, 55.

Wyman, 808.

Wyngaart, 791.

Wynkoop, 549, 84,

Wynne, g8g.

Wynton, 254.

Yardley, 542. *

Yarrington, 496, 776.

Yates, 412.

Yeager, 1365.

Yeates, 205, 1060, 1125.

Yniestra, 1126.

YoGum, 144.

York, 596-602.

York, Archbishop of, 194.

Yorsten^ 795.

Yost, 1257.

Young, 383, 678-79, 1277,

Zeigler, 25, 142.
Zirnhelt, 1386.
Zimmerman, 144.
Zinzendorf, 141, 47, 373-74.
ZoUxcoffer, 589.
Zuches (de la), 255.
Zug, 681,84.

Historical Index.

141C

HISTORICAL INDEX.

Abtngton Baptist Association,

founding of, 120.
Abingtou, settlement of, 121, 453-

54,872.994.
Adams, John Q., poem by, 886-87.
Addresses by

Agnew, Chief Justice, 1163-64.

Buckalew, Charles R., 1191-92.

Cameron, Simon, 1192-93.

Denison, Charles, 8.

Fuller, Henry M., 589-91.

McClure, A. K., 1162-63

Olin, W. H., D. D., 1241-42.

Randall, Samuel J., 1193.

Tremftin, Lyman. 323.

Sturdevant, E. W,, 16-19.

Woodward, George W., 1159,
1161-62.

Wright, H. E., 5-6.
Alden, Priscilla, 305.
Attorneys —

Deceased, 1393-95.

Non resident, 1395-97.

Resident, T-S^B-gg.
Augur Screw, invention of, 520.
Avondale disaster, 759-60.

Bedford, Deborah, an early Meth-
odist, 208-og.

Bennetts and Hammond, captiv-
ity of, 645-48.

BATTLES, ETC., MENTIONED.

Antietam, 100, T07, 22, 63, 291,
428, 71, 880, 942, 1030, 1233,

1385,
Black Hawk war, 857.
Bloreheath, 403,
Boston, siege of, 450,
Bottom's Bridge, 77.
Bound Brook, 386.
* Boyne, 90, 154, 1271,

Braddock's expedition, 517, 715.
Brandywine, 264, 386, 708, 37, 879 ,

loio, 44, 97, 1172, 1280, 92, 1337,

Buckshot war, 562.

Bull Run, 126, 428, 71, 510.

lOIO,

Bunker Hill, 102, 1051, 1139.

Campaign of 1758, 326.

Canada, Expedition against, 775,

1073*

Canada, surrendered to the Brit-
ish, 279.

Cape Breton, 1159.

Cedar Mountain, 471.

Cerro Gordo, 33, 549-50-

Chancellorsville, 34, 206, 91, 471,
880, 1313.

Chapultepec, .549-50, 1194-

Charles City X Roads, 428, 511.

Charleston, 79.

Chickamaugua, 234.

Civil war, 324, 57, 400, 12, 22, 27,
33, 59, 555, 7°, 656, 863, 89, 929,

46-47, 77, 1068, 85,1113, 38, 89,

1223, 28, 31-35, 39, 61, 70,93-94,

1319,23, 85.
Colonial war, 914.
Cool Arbor, 428.
Coosawhatchie, 1296.
Creek war, 392.
Crimean war, 976.
Crown Point, 1072.
CuUoden, 397.
Dorchester Heights, 1055.
Elk River, 234.
El Pinal Pass, 33.
Exeter, 1215.
Fair Oaks, 77.
Falls fight, 323.
Fisher's Hill, 428.
Fort Allen, 1338-39.
Fort DuQuesne, 1173.
Fort Durkee, 777.
Fort Fisher, 421.
Fort Gregg, 78.
Fort Griswold, 130.
Fort Johnson, 1239.
Fort Niagara, 608.
Fort Sumter, 268, 71.
Fort "Ticonderoga, 135.
Fort Wagner, 78.
Franco- Prussian war, 1068.
Fredericksburg, 428, 71, 880.
France, war with, 1072.
French, Expedition against the,

in, Canada, 775.
French and Indian war, 386, 451,

845, iiii, 1271.
French Revolution, 893, 974.
French war, 326, 36, 578, 607,

1133-
Gaines Mills, 427-28, 511.
Germantown, 386, 629, 754, io44j

97, 1172, 1280, 92.
Gettysburg, 34, 100, 23, 65, 206,

26, 47, 64, 72, 428, 71, 929, 1284,

1313, 64.
Gulph Mills, 484.
Hastings, 796.
Hatcher's Run, 37.
Hay market, 36.
Hessians, capture of at Yorktown,

1135.
Indian Hill, 54.
Indian war, 517, 707.
Irish Rebellion, 298.
Jalapa, 33.
King Phillip's war, 227, 353,

1 1 76, 1344.
Lafayette, 234.
Lake Erie, 75.
Lake George, 608.
Lexington, 14, 1028, 34, 51.
Long Island, 93.
Malvern Hill, 427, 511.
Marengo, S39.
Marye's Heights, 428,
Mechanicsville, 427, 511.
Mexican war, 549, 852, 934, 8g,

loio, 1194, 1227, 29, 51, 61, 70,

77, i3'3-

Middleton, 234.
Millstone, 386, 1355.
Mine Run, 428, 471.
Monmouth, 164, 69, 814, 979, 8g

1280.
Mud Fort, 386.

Nanticoke (Indian battle), 1215.
Narraganseit fight, 505, Sio.-
Naseby, 1087.
New Amsterdam, captured by

English, 1165.
New Amsterdam, retaken bj

Dutch, 1166.
New Amsterdam, surrendered tc

Governor Andross, 1166.
New York, Evacuation of, logi.
Nile, 174.

Ohio Indians, St. Clair Expedi-
tion against. 1091.
Paoli massacre, 1271.
Paxton Boys, murder of Indians

by, 518.
Pennamite and Yankee war, 53,

213, 306, 437, 507, 607, 31, 49,

1040, 1 135.
Peninsular war, 471.
Pequod war, 114, 628.
Perote Castle, capture of, 33.
Perryviile, 915.
Petersburg, 428, 471.
Plattsburg, 58.

Plunkett's battle, 304, 639, 1215.
Plunkett, expedition of (1775),

T,^39.-

Pontiac war, 376.

Port Royal, 34, 766.

Princeton, 1097, 1280, 1320, 55.

Prusso-Austriau war, 1068.

Puebla, 33.

Queen Anne's war, 765.

Rappahannock Staiion, 428, 71.

Revolutionary war, 53, 55, 62,
85, 88, 93, 102, 15-16, 25, 30, 35,
47, 56, 208, 31, 311, 23, 35-36,
39, 53. 55» 63, 405-06, 42, 46, 52,
82, 520, 49, 63, 79, 85, 93, 96,
604, 08, 28-29, 55,58, 65,92, 7iOj
29, 37, 61, 814, 28, 42-43, 50,64,
66, 73, 79, go, 905, 14, 27, 52, 64,
76-77, 79, 97, 1009-10, 51, 53,

74.84, 91, mr, 27, 43,47, so,
68, 72-73, 92-93, 98, 1272, 74, 80,
or, 98, 1320, 82.

Richmond, 511.

Roanoke Island, 527.

Roses, War of the, 403, 577.

Rover, 234.

Salem Heights, 428.

Saunder's House, 428.

San Angelos, 549.

San Juan D'Ulloa, 33.

Saratoga 1034-35, 55.

Scotch Valley massacre, 180,

Sepoy Campaign, 471.

Seven Days' Battle, 511.

Shelbyville, 234.

South Anne River, 428.

South Mountain, 163, 428, 71, 880

I420

Historical Index.

vPih

Spottsylvania, 206, 428, 71, 1313.

Springfield, 1280.

St. Bartholomew, massaqre of.

Stone River, 474,

Stony Point, 1172, 1309-

Sullivan's expedition, 333.

Thirty Years' war, 869.

Trafalgar, 569.

Trevellion Station, Va., 131.

Trenton, 879, 1135, 1280, 1320, 55.

Valley Forge, 879, 927.

Venitian war, 618:

Vera Cruz, 33, 549-5°* ii94-

Waterlpo, 471.

War of 1812, 317, go, 92, 549, 67,
738, 68, 815, 73, 1046, 97, 1146,
99, 1244, 72, ij28.
Veldon Raid, 37,

Weldon Railroad, 428, 71-72.

West Point, 427,

Whisky Insurrection, 496, 1128.

White Plains, 1172.

Wilderness, 36, 206, 428, 71.

Winchester, 428.

Wolf Tone Rebellion, 457.

Wyoming, Battle and Massacre,
vi, 14, 46, 67, 70-71, 87, 102, 28,
32, 56, 86, 2og, 13, 31, 41, 93, 95,
304,06-07,28-31, 34, 36,43»53.87-
89. 91. 431-33. 35-36, 50, 52, 460-
61, 64-65, 84, 95-96, iii, 506-07,
13, 28-29, 3'> 44"6i, 63, 67, 72,
99, 604, 07-08, 10, 16, 20, 23, 36-
37, 40-42, 48, 52, 64, 68, 710, 73,
76-77, 813, 28, 36, 42, 44, 47, 50,
914, 32, 77, 1041,88,1119,34-35,
47, 1215-16, 29, 52-56, 73, 13^2,
06, «2, 55-56.

Yorktown, 14, 927, 1044.

BOOKS, ETC., MENTIONED.

Albany, Genealogies of the First
Settlers of, Pearson, 793.

America, Information concerning.
Cooper, 1078.

American Crisis, Paine, 521, 1333.

American Statesmen, Young, 383.

Analecta, Wodrow, 1020,

Ancient History, Rollins, 518.

Annals of America, Holmes, 792.

Appleton's American Cyclopae-
dia, 1046.

Appleton's Annual Encyclope-
dia, 378.

Argument in favor of the Bible,
narration of Man's Creation,
&c., 443.

Beacon Lights of History, Lord,
546,

Benedicts, Genealogy of the, in
America, 490.

Bible, Its own Witness ^nd Inter-
preter, 988.

Binn's Justice, 1074.

Book of Forms, Leisenring, 946.

Book Hunter, Burton, 1020.

Boston, History o^ 74.

Bradford County, History of, 847.

Breath of Life, The, 215.

Ereese Family, Address at Cen-
tennial Reunion of, Jenkins,
1381.

Bucks County, Pa., History of,
Davis, 256, 541.

Bucks County, Pa., Legends of,
Wright, 825.

Burke's Peerage, 204-03.

Celebration of ye Olden Time,
Jenkins, 1381,

Centennial Address, Edsall, 1281,

Character of Christ, Rush, 1059.

Charges on Moral and Religious
Subjects, Rush, 1059.

Charlestown Genealogies, Wy-
man, 808,

Chatauqua County, N. Y., His-
tory of. Young, 383.

Chester County, History of,
Smith, 818.

Christian Baptism, 1059.

City's Danger and Defense, Lo-
gan, 942,

Clavis Rerum, Robinson, 901.

Coal Trade, History of in Lnzerne
and Lackawanna Counties, 44.

Columbia County, History of,
Freeze, 803.

Commentaries upon the Intes-
tate System, and the Powers
andjurisdictionof the Orphans'
Court of Pennsylvania, Scott,
401.

Concord Chase, The, Jenkins,
1382.

Constitutional Liberty, Develop-
ment of, in the English Colonies
of America, Scott, 401.

Contingent Remainders, Fearne,
1074.

Dakota Nation, Calendar of the,
Mallery, 1086.

Delaware county. Pa., History of,
795, 817.

Denison, Capt. George, A record
of the descendants of^ 47.

DeWitt, John, Grand Pensionary
of Holland, History of the Ad-
ministration of, 280.

Early Emigrant Ancestors, Our,
Hotten, 576.

Early Methodism, Peck, 208, 11,
495, 638, 67, 755, 1089, 1244, 51.

Eight Years' Travel and Resi-
dence in Europe, 214.

Elementary Law, Robinson, 901.

Emporium of Arts and Sciences,
Cooper, 1078, 1345.

English Cases, 903.

Fitch, Life of, 521-22,

Following the Drum, Viele, 1068.

Forest of Life, Jenkins, 1382.

Future Retribution, Examination
of the doctrine of, 656.

GarfieldjPresident, Lile of,Eurke,
654-

German Emigrants, Names of,
Rupp, 692.

Gospel its Own Advocate, The,
Griffin, 1066.

Gospel its Own Witness, The,
Fuller, 1334,

Governor's Letters, Johnson, 1165.

Griffin, Rev. E. D., Memoirs of,
Sprague, 1064.

Hakes Family, Hakes, 1385,

Harmony of the Gospels, Strong,
509.

Hazard's Register, 1349.

Hazleton Travellers, Miner, 157,
386, 530, 663, 1251.

Historical and Biographical
Sketches, Pennypackcr, 147,
372-

Hoiiesd.ile. Pa., Memorial Ser-
mon on the Abandonment of the

former house of worship at,

Dunning, 672.
Rood on Executors, 182.
Human Understanding, Locke, on

the, mo.
Indians, The former and present

number of our, Mallery, 1086.
Indians of the Rocky Mountains

and the Andes, Last Rambles

among the, 215.
Institutes of Justinian, Cooper,

1078.
Kirwin Letters, Murray, 87, 722.
Labor, A Practical Treatise on,

Wright, 10, 1329.
Lackawanna and Wyoming Couns

ties. History of, 176.
Landed Gentry, 402.
Lecture Sermons, Ballou, 656.
License System Repugnant to

Sound Constitutional Law,The,

Nichols, 560.
Literary Remains, Griffin, 1069.
Lethe and Other Poems, Jones,

309-
Letters and other Writings, Rice,

357.

Lodge 6r, F. and A. M., History
of, Harvey, 514.

Lo - Lathope Family Memoir,
Huntington, 861.

Lopez Ned, 907.

Luzerne County, Annals of,
Pearce, 847.

Luzerne County, Brief of Title in
the seventeen townships of. A
syllabus of the controversy be-
tween Connecticut and Pennsyl-
vania, Hoyt,"8i, 361.

Manitou of Wyoming, Jenkins,
1382.

Marcus Blair, Wright, 825, 1329.

Martyr's Mirror, VanBraght, 141-

47-
McCoy, Henry Porter, Sermon

on the death of. Dunning, 672,
McKinney's Justice, 1074.
Mechanics' Liens, Law of, in

Pennsylvania, Johnson, 1167.
Medical Jurisprudence, Cooper,

1078.
Mind, Watts on the, mo.
Money and Legal Tender in the

United States, Linderman,ioii ,
Montgomery County, Pa., Bio- «

graphical Notices of Prominent

Citizens of, Auge, 1098.
National Economy, Young, 383.
New England Memorial, Morton,

859-
New York, Colonial History of,

608.
Next President, The, Jones, 309.
North American Indian Gallery,

Catlin, 1106.
North American Indians —

Gestures, signs and signals
among, collection of, Mallery,
1086.

Manners, Customs and Condi-
tions of, Catlin, 214.

Pectographs of, Rlallery, 1086.

Sign Language Among, Mal-
lery, 1086.

Introduction to the Study of
Sign Language Among, Mal-
lery, 1086.
North American PorlfoHo, 214.
Norwich, History of, 316.

Historical Index.

1421

Notes on Scripture, Jones, 1133.

Of the Covenant, 64.

On the Lackawanna, Wright, 825.

Our English Surnames, 195.

Palmer, Records, 194.

Parables, Notes on the. Ballon,
655.

Patriarchal Age, The, Jones, 1134.

Pennsylvania, Digest of the Laws
of, Parke & Johnson, 1140.

Pennsylvania —
History of, 170, 703.
Land Titles in, 489.
Manners of German Inhabitants
of, Rush, 703.

Pequot War, History of, Gardi-
ner, 876.

Philadelphia, Leaders of the Old
Bar of, Binney, 823.

Philosophical Retrospect on the
General Outline of Creation,
&c., Bradley, 1053.

Pittston Fort, The, Jenkins, 1381.

Plumb Family, History, Biogra-
phy and Genealogy of the, in
America, 605.

Plutarch's Lives, 518.

Plymouth, Historical Sketches of,
Wright, 10, iE.6, 544, 72, 824,
1014, 1329.

Political Economy, Lectures on
the Elements of. Cooper, 1078.

Political Essays, Cooper, 1078.

Practice and Process in the Or-
phans'Courts of Penna., Rhone,
182.

Puritans, History of the, 63.

Puritan Settlers, Hinman, 757.

Rachael Craig, Wright, 825.

Ransom, Capt. Samuel, Genea-
logical Record of the Descend-
ants of, &c., 389.

Recollections, Breck, 891.

Rees, Encyclopedia, 520.

Revolution, Field Book of the,
Lossing, 792.

Sanctification, Skinner, 9S8.

School Dictionary, The (1829),
Turner, 207.

Science of Government, Young,

383-

Scotland, History of the SufiFer-

• ings of the Church of, Wodrow,
1017, 19, 21.

Select Sermons, Ballou, 656.

Shell Beds, Reynolds, 787.

Story of Joseph, Jones, 1134.

Sufferings of Christ, The, Griffin,
1066.]

Talcott's Genealogical Notes, 792,

Teachings of Patriots and States-
men, Chase, 1288.

Theory and Practice of Teach-
ing, 320.

Treatise on the Atonement, Bal-
lou, 655.

Treatise on Patent Law, Robin-
son, 901.

Trial of a Saving Interest in
Christ, Guthne, 1022.

Trinity, The,in Redemption, 988.

United States, Regulations for the
Order and Discipline of the
Troops of, Styner & Cist, 1334.

West, Life of, 518.

Westwood, Rev. Henry C.,D.D.,
Discourse on the installation of
as Pastor of the First Presbyte-
rian Church of Honesdale, Pa.,

Dunning, 672-73,
Wharton's Digest, 1093.
Wilkes-Barre, City of, Reynolds,

787.
Wilkes-Barre, First Presbyterian

Church of, Reynolds, 787.
Windham County, Conn , History

of, 360,
Wyoming, Wright, 825, 1329.
Wyoming, History of, 43, 52, 67,

335. 40-4I) 621, 29, 1056, 1260.
Wyoming, Its History, stirring

incidents and romantic adven-
tures, Peck, 650.
Wyoming, and its early settlers.

Old Memories of, Gordon, 2.
Wyoming, Jenkins, 1381.
Wyoming Monument, Historical

Address at, Jenkins, 1381.

Bethany, Pa., second house built
in, 985.

Bridgehampton, purchase of, 673.

Buckshot War, 562.

Butler, Col. John, Memorial Tab-
let to, 607-08.

Butler, Col. Zebulon, Report of
on Battle and Massacre of Wyo-
ming, 330-32,

Carbondale disaster, 956.

Catlin, George, Indian painter,
214, 1103-07.

Charcoal Furnace erected at
Shickshinny, 1170.

Civil War, early prisoners, 125-26.

Avondale disaster, 739-60.
Baltimore Bed, 1392.
Blackman Bed, 1349.
Bowman's Mine, 1349.
Carbondale disaster, 956.
Discovered in Lehigh District,

1340-

Discovered at Wyoming, 52.

Early Mining, 66, 783-84, 1257,
1347-48.

First ark load of, shipped on the
Lehigh, 1341, 47.

First burned in grates, 347-49,
783-84, 891, 97.

First used by blacksmiths, 346, 437.

Mined near Mauch Chunk, 66.

Mineral black made from, 1345.

Shipped to Harrisburg and Co-
lumbia, 779.

Shipped to Columbia (1807), 783.

Smith's Bed, 783, 1349.

Cloth, made from nettles, 827,
Connecticut Legislature, Luzerne

(or Westmordland) county rep-
resentatives in, 1040-41.
Connecticut and Pennsylvania

Troubles, 48^1-85, 1145.
Connecticut — Susquehanna Land

Co., 1273.
Connecticut, First Presbyterian

Church in, 360.
Courts —

Early, 1060-61.

First held in Wilkes-Barre, 102.

Mayor's, Carbondale, 1268-69.

Mayor's, Scranton, 1269.

Orphans', made separate, 1268,

Dana, E. L., Letter to, requesting

him to be a candidate for Judge,

38-40,
Dana, E. L., Reply to letter, 40.
Darling, E, P., death of, 1383-84.
Dodson, Abagail, Captivity of,

1 80-8 1.
Duel in Cumberland county. Pa.,

259.
Durham Boats, 1243-44.
Dushore, Who named after, 174.

Earthquake in Peru, 378-82.

Easthampton, L. I., Purchase of,

^314,673-

Fort Allen, 1339,

Forty Fort, Capitulation of, 189,

332.
Forty Fort, M. E. Church of, 466,

695.
Foster township, named after A.

L. Foster, 839.
Friends, Society of, 2, 140.
France and the United States,

Treaty between {1778), 520.

Germans, Pennsylvania, 371-72.

Germany, Tradesmen wandering
in. 477-79-

Gilbert Family. Captivity of, 180.

Gildersleeve, W. C, Abolitionist,
723-24.

Gnadenhutten, Burned by Indi-
ans, 1338.

Hanover township, First settle-
ment in, 303. *

Hammond and Bennetts, Captiv-
ity of, 645-48.

Harding, Garrick M., Attempted
impeachment of, 72-73, 107.

Harry Hillman Academy, estab-
lished, 1374-75.

Hazleton, Early, 1257.

Herald of the Times, First news-
paper established in the coun-
ty, 1247.

Hillard, T. R., Trip around the
world by, 799-800.

Honesdale, First house erected
in, 985.

Hosie, John, Carbondale disas-
ter, 956.

Hoyt Family Reunion, 76.

Hoyt, Capture of Col. Henry M ,

Hugenots, 545-47-
Hutchison Controversy, 743.

Ice Freshet (1784), 870.

Indians, Attack by, on Thaddeus

Williams' house, 158.
Indians, Last men killed by, 305.
Iron ore discovered in Providence

(now Scranton), 20-21.

Joanna Furnace, 89.

Judicial Districts of Pennsylvania

Eighth, 1075, 1264.

Eleventh, 1264-65, 67.

Twenty-sixth, 1264.
. Forty-fifth, 1267.

Forty-sixth, 1267.
Judges —

Deceased — additional Iaw,i3g3.

Deceased — associate, 1393.

Deceased — president, 1393.

Living — associates, 1397.

Living — additional law, 1397,99.

Living — president, 1397.

1422

Historical Index.

Kingston, First resident physi-
cian in, 539.

Kulp^Eli S., Resolutions on death
of, 151.

Kulp, Jacob, Marriage certificate
of, 148-49.

Lackawanna & Bloomsburg Rail-
road chartered, 781.

Lackawanna County, First Meth-
odist class established in, 215.

Lackawanna Valley, First regular
Presbyterian preaching in, 722.

Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co.
R. R. built, 782.

Litchfield County —
Judges of Probate (1772-75), 1045
Justices of the Peace (1772-75),
1039, 41.

Lothropp, Rev. John, indepen-
dent minister, 857-60.

Lutherans, Early, 458, 1387-88.

Luzerne County —
Act of Assembly organizing,

1039-43.
Bible Society, 1206, 76.
Courts, 1057-58, 61, 75-76,90-91,

iroi-02, 85, 1264, 70.
Courts organized, 1042-43.
First county superintendent of

schools in, 319,
First election in, 215-17.
First fulling mill in, 244,
French colony in, 170-74, 1358.
Formation of, 1039.

Madison Academy, 417.

McClintock, A. T., Letter to, re-
questing him to be a candidate
for Judge, 25-26.

McClintock, A. T., Reply to the
letter, 27-28.

Methodists, Early, 208-09, ^^> 33^"
39. 755, 1080-90, 1136.

Mennonites, History of, 138-47,

Mills, Early, 211-13, 826.

Mine Road, 45.

Miner's Mill, 1250.

Mineral black made from Lehigh
coal, 1345-46.

Montrose, First settlers in, 1308.

Moravians, 372-75.

Mitirray, Noah, First Universalist
preacher in Luzerne coQnty,io55

Morss, Judge, Resolutions on re-
tirement of, 1037.

Nantes, Edict of, 545.

New Columbus, Early settlement

of, 1229.
New Haven, Founding of, 184-85,

364-
New London Academy, 05.
New London, burning of^io6z.
Newark Township, purchase of,

168.

NEWSPAPERS MENTIONED.

Albany Statesman, 8.

American Genealogical Review,

278.
American Herald and General

Advertiser, 1334.
American Journal of Science, 1349.
American Law Times Reports,

903-

Anthracite Monitor, to.
Atlantic Monthly, 455.
Baltimore American, 1350.
Banner America, 938.
Banner, Rockport, Mo., 1385.
Boston Advertiser, 8.
Boston Traveller, 8.
Bradford Settler, 390.
Bucks County Intelligencer, 42,

1248.
Carbon County Transit, 838.
Catasauqua Herald, 1261.
Catholic Mirror, 726.
Catskill Packet, 1144.
Charleston City Gazette, 1144.
Chemung Valley Reporter, 1381.
Chicago Herald, 309, B34,
Christian Herald, Cincinnati, 834.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette,

Cincinnati Daily Gazette, 834.
Columbia Democrat* 652.
Columbian Magazine, 1334.
Commercial Advertiser, New

York, 8.
Daily Advertiser, Phila., 1144.
Democratic Standard and Know

Nothing Expositor, 1197.
Democratic Waechter, 162, 468,

88, 1227.,
Doylestown Correspondent, 42,

1248.
Doylestown Democrat, 124B.
Elmira Advertiser, 798.
Evening Star, Scranton, 886.
Federalist, 1077,
Free Mason's Monitor, 347.
Free Press, Detroit, 2.
Galva Union, 412.
Gazette and Bulletin, 1367,
Gazette and Commercial Intelli-
gencer, 1247.
Grant County Herald, 1007.
Harrisburg Argus, 1140.
Harrisburs Patriot, 274, 78.
Harrisburg Telegraph, 534.
Herald, 830.
Herald and Presbyter, Cincinnati,

835.
Herald of the Times, 1247,
Herald of the Union, 1288.
Historical Register, 13B1.
Historical Review, 702.
Independent Volunteer, 888.
Interior, 835.

Tanesville (Wis.) Gazette, 937,
Journal of Commerce, 1067.
Keynote, 515.
Keystone, 1140.
Lackawanna Herald, 1288.
Lackawanna Jurist and Law

Magazine, 996.
Lancaster Intelligencer, 342.
Law and Equity Reporter, 903.
Leader, 154, 455.
Luzerne Leader, 277.
Legislative Record, 409.
Lehigh Pioneer & Mauch Chunk

Courier, 838.
Lennox Eagle, 1286.
Lippincott's Magazine, 455.
Literary Magazine, 1343.
Luzerne County Federalist, 42,

1247-48.
Luzerne County Herald, 453, 55.
Luzerne Democrat, 638.
Luzerne Legal Observer, 1234.
Luzerne Legal Register, vii, 154,
394, 1II7-

Luzerne Union, 102, c6, 28, 54, 249,
453-55, 592, IZ20, 27-

MagazineofAmericanHistory,5T5.

Mauch Chunk Courier, 838-39.

Mercury, Charleston, 78.

Milton Economist, 937.

Mitchell CountylPress, S67, 1391.

Montrose Democrat, 1288.

Montrose Gazette, 888.

Montrose Republican, 907.

Mountain Echo, 419.

Mountaineer, Conyngham, 2.

New York Evening Post, 8.

New York Herald, 1067.

New York Observer, 314.

New York Tribune, 8, 309, 938,

New York Weekly Digest, 902.

New York World, 429.

North American Exchange and
Review, 455.

Northern Democrat, 888.

Northern Eagle, 1137.

Northern Pennsylvanian, 1195,
1286.

North Star, Montrose, 849.

Occident, 834.

Olive Branch, 1248.

Owego Democrat, 369.

Pennsylvania Farmer and Com-
mon School Intelligencer, 1140.

Pennsylvania Correspondent, 1249

Pennsylvania Correspondent and

Farmers' Advertiser, 1248.
Pennsylvania Gazette, 519.
Pennsylvania School Journal, 320.
Pennsylvania Magazine of Histo-
ry and Biography, 90.
Pennsylvanian, 1211, 13.
Pennsylvanischer Staaisbote,T333
Philadelphia Press, 309, 681, 938,

1 146.
Philadelphia Times, 884.
Pittston Free Press, 1261.
Pittston Gazette, 794, 98.
Plainspeaker, Hazletqn, 1379.
Port Folio, 1344.
Princeton Review, 988.
Real Estate Intelligencer, 795.
Record of the Times, 43-44, 776,

94, 1007, 1251, 60, 1351.
Reformer, 248.
Reporter (The), 903.
Republican Farmer, 466, 932,1138-

39-
Republican Farmer and Demo-
cratic Journal, 159.
Republican, Rockford, 111., 907.
Scranton City Journal, 321.
Scr.-inton Daily Times, S99, 919.
Scranton Register, 1234.
Scranton Republican, 1297, 1379.
Scranton Times, 899, 919, 95.
Scranton Law Times, 900.
Scranton Weekly Times, 900.
Spectator and Freeman's Journal,

724.
Springfield Republican, 8.
Star of Freedom, 1249.
Star, Washington, 903.
State Guard, Harrisburg, 682.
Susquehanna Democrat 294, 1260.
Susquehanna Register, 888. 1260.
Susquehanna County Republican,

True Democrat (The), 1277.

Tunkhannock Republican, 321.

Union-Leader, 154, 455, 594, 1220,

^1379-

Universalist Expositor, 655.

Historical Index.

142:

Universalist Magazine, 655.
Vermont Chronicle, 117.
Village Record, 42, X249.
Volksfreund, 1002.
Wayne County Herald, 453-54,

882, 1197, 1211.
West Branch Bulletin, 1367.
Wilkes-Barre Advocate, 1260.
Wilkes-Barre Gazette, 43, 507,

1247.
Wyoming "Democrat, 1220,
Wyoming Herald, 833, 1257.
Wyoming Republican, 1216, 37,

60.
Yale Literary Magazine, 99.
Yates County Lhronicle, 380.

North Branch Canal, First boat
launched inat Shickshinny,i229

Old Forge, Early iron works at.

(1789), 221,
One Hu '

lundred and Forty-third
Regiment, Leave for Washing-
ton, 34.

One Hnndred and Forty-third
Regiment, Mustered out of ser-
vice, 37.

Osterhout Free Library estab-
lished, 1316-ig.

Palmer.Derivationof name,ig4-95

Paxtang Boys, 1079.

Paxton Rangers, 431, 518, 816, 44-
45-

Peart Family, Captured by In-
dians, 180.

Fennamite and Yankee troubles,
631,37,49.963-

Pennsylvania Common Schools,
1203-04,

Pennsylvania, Meeting to sustain
the laws of, 217-19.

Pennsylvania, Proclamation of,
Govem6r forbiddmg settlement
in. 1039.

Pennsylvania Troops, Third Regi-
ment, P. M , 100 ; Forty-First
Regiment, P. M , 100; Fifty-
Second Regiment, P. V., 77;
Three Hundred and Third
Regiment, P. M., 225.

Peru, Earthquake (i868), 378-90.

Philadelphia, British standard
hoisted in, 820.

Philadelphia and Wilmington,
Purchase of land lying between,
from Indians, 1166.

Physicians, First in Wyoming,22o

Pickering, Timothy, abducted,
293, 1045.

Plymouth, Firsrminister in, no.

Plymouth, First merchant in, 506.

Plunkett's Expedition, 639.

Pumpkin Freshet (1785)^ 830.
Punxsutawney, Town of, laid out,

542.
Puritan wall paper, 1027.

auakers, arrival of in America, 2.
uinipiac, Purchased from Indi-
ans, 185.

Redemptioners, 700-04.
Ricketts, A., Letter of to Town

Council, ic6.
Ross, General, sword presented

to, 294.

Scotch-Irish emigration. Causes
which led to, go, 256-57.

Scranton, Early, 20-21, 340, 524-
27. 853-54» 963. 1289-90, 1299.

Scranton, Kiots in, 942-43.

Selma, Alaji> Destruction of, 831.

Slavery, 16-19, 99'^-9'^i 1^52-53.

Slocum, Francis, Indian Captive,
340-43, 1048-49.

Smith, Wm. Hooker, early Pres-
byterian, 222.

Southampton, Purchase of, 673.

Standish, Myles, 305.

Stewart, Lazarus, 845-47.

Strikes, 167, 94?.

Susquehanna County, Early, 42,
887,912,1139-40, 1308.

Swamp (Church, 736-37.

Swetland, Luke, Indian prisoner,
12S7.

Taunton, Mass., Purchased from

Indians, 505.
Trenton Decree, 1040.
Tyrone Rebellion, 235-38.

Vallandingham, C. L , Letter of,
to the democracy of Ohio, 7,

Wadham, Manor of, log.
Wallenpaupack, 1147-48.
Wayne county. First resident law-
yer in, 580.
West, Benjamin, painter, 517-18.
Westmoreland —

Area of, 1039.

Court House and Jail of, 133.

Proclamation forbidding settle-
ment at, 1.039.

Town organized, 333-34, 1040.

Troops raised in, ior Continen-
tal Establishment, 1039.

County, 334, 1039-41,

Judges (1776), 1041.

Judges of Probate (1772-75),
1041.

Justices of the Peace (1778), 1041

Lawyers in, 1041.

Sheriff, {1776), 1041.
Wilkes-Barre—

Courts first held in, 102, 914.

Early Germans in, 468.

Fencibles, 514.

First brewery in, 1300.

First brick building in, 297, 338

First daily Paper in, 934.

First dwelling house erected
1392.

First female seminary in, 66,

First M. E, Church, 1205.

First minister in, 188-90.

First Sunday School in, 339, 93

First Weekly Paper in, 1247.

Fort, 133, 157.

Guard, 510,

Home for Friendless Children,
1208.

Memorial Church, founding ot*
J11-13.

Public schools of, 79,152-53, 176-
78, 197, 238, 40.

Colored, 152-53.

St. Stephen's P. E. Church,
1276.

Telephone established in, 795,
981.
Wilmot Proviso, 1178,
Woodward, Stanley, Resolutions

on retirement from fire depart.

nient of Wilkes-Barre, 101-02.
Wyoming —

Articles of capitulation at, 1088.

Artillerists, 469, 510.

" leave for Mexico, 33.

Bank Infantry, 510.

Battle and Massacre of, 132,
332-33, 28-30, 42, 62, 87-89,
528-29.

Centennial, 57, 102, 777.

Coal discovered at, 52.

Engraving of, 621.

First marriage 'in, 47, 1088.

First Church built, 446.

First birth in, 47.

First settlement of, vi, 528.

First student sent to Yale Col-
lege, 241.

Jaegers, 162, 469, 1300.

Light Dragoons, 125.

Matross, 75

Meeting of proprietors and set-
tlers, 52.

Monument, Gift of land for, gcg.

Monument, laying of corner
stone of, 133.

Monument, inscription on, 1219.

Resolution in regard to the dec-
laration of independence, 53.

Second settlement of, vi.

Volunteers, 506.

Wyoming Seminary founded
38s, 1240.

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